Over the weekend, a surge of users turned to Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta for information regarding the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Until late Sunday night, Meta’s AI denied any knowledge of such an event, even while simultaneously providing up-to-date details on Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign plans.
When initially asked about the July 13 assassination attempt, Meta’s AI responded by saying it could not assist with providing any details due to lack of access to the most recent information. It then went on to state that it was unaware of any attempted assassination on Trump when asked if he had nearly been assassinated.
However, after being pressed further, Meta’s AI provided examples of previous security threats faced by Donald Trump in 2016, 2017, and 2020. It even cited an incident from September 3, 2022, where a 24-year-old Shane Wagner attempted to rush Trump’s motorcade vehicle in Butler, Pennsylvania.
On the other hand, when asked about Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign plans, Meta’s AI appeared to be up-to-date on that information despite her campaign launching after the assassination attempt on President Trump. The AI provided details on her announcement date and even shared some of her campaign platform.
Breitbart News found that Meta’s AI has since been updated, now providing accurate information about the assassination attempt on Trump when asked. In response to the inconsistency in information provided earlier, Meta’s AI apologized and claimed that its training data may have been outdated or incomplete.
However, this is not the first instance of a tech entity shielding the public eye from the fact that Trump was shot by a would-be presidential assassin during his July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. As Breitbart News reported, Google has hidden autocomplete suggestions related to the assassination attempt on President Trump. When users type “assassination attempt” into Google’s search bar, the tech giant returns autocomplete suggestions of “truman,” “reagan,” “fidel castro,” “slovakia,” “bob marley,” “lenin,” “gerald ford,” “teddy roosevelt,” among other items – never once suggesting “Trump.