Uncanny Valley | WIRED

The Chatbot Disinfo Inflaming the L.A. Protests


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In recent days, Los Angeles residents have taken to the streets to protest the Trump administration’s immigration policies and the increasingly frequent ICE raids. WIRED’s Senior Politics Editor Leah Feiger joins Zoë Schiffer, Director of Business & Industry, to discuss the related flood of information on social media, and how AI chatbots like Grok and ChatGPT are delivering incorrect and at times, inflammatory answers.

Articles mentioned in today’s episode:

  • AI Chatbots Are Making LA Protest Disinformation Worse
  • I Joined Every Class Action Lawsuit I Could Find, and So Can You
  • Vibe Coding Is Coming for Engineering Jobs

  • You can follow Zoë Schiffer on Bluesky @zoeschiffer and Leah Feiger @leahfeiger.

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