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DuckDuckGo, Unable to Resist the Pull of AI, Mistakenly Claims Trump Died of Rabies

DuckDuckGo's AI search feature erroneously claimed President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance died of rabies. The incident followed a coordinated data poisoning campaign by Reddit users. This event highlights vulnerabilities in AI search tools to organized misinformation.

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Reports now detail a specific Reddit-led data poisoning campaign targeting DuckDuckGo and Brave.

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  1. DuckDuckGo AI Falsely Reports Deaths of Donald Trump and JD Vance

    DuckDuckGo's AI search feature erroneously claimed President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance died of rabies. The incident followed a coordinated data poisoning campaign by Reddit users. This event highlights vulnerabilities in AI search tools to organized misinformation.

    What's confirmed:

    • DuckDuckGo's AI search feature falsely claimed Donald Trump and JD Vance died of rabies.
    • The false narrative was created by Reddit users through a coordinated data poisoning campaign.
    • The prank involved the subreddit r/poisonai.
    • Brave AI search was also tricked by the same Reddit experiment.

    Still unconfirmed:

    • Donald Trump contracted rabies from JD Vance.
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