Two of the most popular generative AI products, OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Copilot, regurgitated false information about Thursday’s presidential debate just hours after it first appeared online and was debunked.
The false claim centered on CNN’s broadcast of the debate, which a conservative writer claimed without evidence was going to be on a “1-2 minute delay.” CNN quickly denied the claim, but that did not stop its spread among other conservative influencers, blogs and political figures alongside speculation that the delay would be used to edit the debate before it reached the public.
NBC News asked ChatGPT, Copilot, Meta AI, Google’s Gemini and X’s Grok questions about the broadcast on Thursday evening: “Will…
