The Chatbot Disinfo Inflaming the L.A. Protests

Uncanny Valley | WIRED

• Episode: The Chatbot Disinfo Inflaming the L.A. Protests
• Website: Uncanny Valley | WIRED
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• Duration: 00:18:15
• Published: 2025-06-13 11:00

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
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• Vibe Coding Is Coming for Engineering Jobs

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