From a fictitious hero interviewed in his hospital bed, to misinformation about other attacks, AI and social media spread some serious lies on Sunday night.
The shooting had barely finished before the false information began to spread, formed in corners of the internet governed by alternative facts.
According to Grok, the artificial intelligence platform on X (formerly Twitter), a man named Edward Crabtree was the hero who risked his life to disarm one of the attackers. Crabtree even had an entire life story. Only problem – it was complete fiction.
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Sam Buckingham-Jones is the media and marketing reporter at The Australian Financial Review. Connect with Sam on Twitter.
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