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Google AI

Incidents implicated systems

Incident 6092 Report
Flawed AI in Google Search Reportedly Misinforms about Geography

2023-08-16

Google's search AI erroneously claimed no African country begins with 'K', along with various other geography-and-letter-based questions, misguiding users with a flawed featured snippet. Originating from ChatGPT-written posts and inaccurately scraped by Google, this incident highlights issues in AI-generated content and misinformation in search results, compromising Google's reliability as an information source.

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Incident 12051 Report
Multiple Generative AI Systems Reportedly Amplify False Information During Charlie Kirk Assassination Coverage

2025-09-11

Multiple AI systems allegedly spread false claims in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's assassination at Utah Valley University. Perplexity and Grok chatbots reportedly stated Kirk was alive, mischaracterized authentic video as satire, and wrongly identified Utah Democrat Michael Mallinson as the suspect. A Google AI Overview allegedly claimed Kirk was on Ukraine's Myrotvorets "enemies" list, a reported falsehood that echoed pro-Kremlin narratives.

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Other entities that are related to the same incident. For example, if the developer of an incident is this entity but the deployer is another entity, they are marked as related entities.
 

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Google

Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
  • Incident 609
    2 Reports

    Flawed AI in Google Search Reportedly Misinforms about Geography

  • Incident 1205
    1 Report

    Multiple Generative AI Systems Reportedly Amplify False Information During Charlie Kirk Assassination Coverage

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ChatGPT

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 609
    2 Reports

    Flawed AI in Google Search Reportedly Misinforms about Geography

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General public

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 609
    2 Reports

    Flawed AI in Google Search Reportedly Misinforms about Geography

  • Incident 1205
    1 Report

    Multiple Generative AI Systems Reportedly Amplify False Information During Charlie Kirk Assassination Coverage

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Google users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 609
    2 Reports

    Flawed AI in Google Search Reportedly Misinforms about Geography

  • Incident 1205
    1 Report

    Multiple Generative AI Systems Reportedly Amplify False Information During Charlie Kirk Assassination Coverage

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xAI

Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
  • Incident 1205
    1 Report

    Multiple Generative AI Systems Reportedly Amplify False Information During Charlie Kirk Assassination Coverage

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Perplexity

Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
  • Incident 1205
    1 Report

    Multiple Generative AI Systems Reportedly Amplify False Information During Charlie Kirk Assassination Coverage

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Pro-Kremlin actors

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1205
    1 Report

    Multiple Generative AI Systems Reportedly Amplify False Information During Charlie Kirk Assassination Coverage

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Grok users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1205
    1 Report

    Multiple Generative AI Systems Reportedly Amplify False Information During Charlie Kirk Assassination Coverage

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Perplexity users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1205
    1 Report

    Multiple Generative AI Systems Reportedly Amplify False Information During Charlie Kirk Assassination Coverage

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Entity

Michael Mallinson

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1205
    1 Report

    Multiple Generative AI Systems Reportedly Amplify False Information During Charlie Kirk Assassination Coverage

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Family of Charlie Kirk

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1205
    1 Report

    Multiple Generative AI Systems Reportedly Amplify False Information During Charlie Kirk Assassination Coverage

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Epistemic integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1205
    1 Report

    Multiple Generative AI Systems Reportedly Amplify False Information During Charlie Kirk Assassination Coverage

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Journalistic integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1205
    1 Report

    Multiple Generative AI Systems Reportedly Amplify False Information During Charlie Kirk Assassination Coverage

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Journalists

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1205
    1 Report

    Multiple Generative AI Systems Reportedly Amplify False Information During Charlie Kirk Assassination Coverage

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General public of Utah

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1205
    1 Report

    Multiple Generative AI Systems Reportedly Amplify False Information During Charlie Kirk Assassination Coverage

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Entity

Grok

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1205
    1 Report

    Multiple Generative AI Systems Reportedly Amplify False Information During Charlie Kirk Assassination Coverage

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Perplexity AI

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1205
    1 Report

    Multiple Generative AI Systems Reportedly Amplify False Information During Charlie Kirk Assassination Coverage

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Google AI overview

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1205
    1 Report

    Multiple Generative AI Systems Reportedly Amplify False Information During Charlie Kirk Assassination Coverage

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