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news The Hindu 2026-06-12

AI Fact-Checks Cause Chaos After Charlie Kirk Assassination Report

Following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, an ally of Donald Trump, AI chatbot Perplexity falsely reported he was never shot, leading to online chaos and misinformation.


A day after Charlie Kirk, a 31-year-old prominent ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, was fatally gunned down at a university in Utah, the X account of AI chatbot Perplexity falsely stated that the activist was never shot

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