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What happened: False claims surrounding the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk are rapidly spreading as the shooter remains at large, and social media users seeking answers have turned to AI chatbots for clarity.
Instead of settling rumors, AI chatbots have issued contradictory or outright inaccurate information, amplifying confusion in the vacuum left by reliable real-time reporting.
Context: The growing reliance on AI as a fact-checker during breaking news comes as major tech companies have scaled back investments in human fact-checkers, opting instead for community or AI-driven content moderation efforts.
This shift leaves out the human element of calling local officials, checking firsthand documents and authenticating visuals, all verification tasks that AI cannot perform on its own.
Chatbots get it wrong — persuasively: AI’s built-in tendency to provide a confident answer, even in the absence of reliable real-time...
[OSEN=Kim Soo-hyung Reporter] Amid actor Lee Yi-kyung’s (36 years old) past appeals about fraud damage, a new online exposé targeting him has emerged, escalating the controversy. However, his agen...