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This week’s episode covers NewsGuard’s audit of leading AI audio bots, which found that ChatGPT and Gemini advance false claims on topics in the news about 50 percent of the time, while Alexa+ appears to have effective guardrails. We also report on a viral iPhone hoax originating from an Indonesian-based TikTok account that is attempting to impersonate Apple.
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