https://tferdinand.net/en/tags/ai-poisoning/Recent content in AI Poisoning on Teddy FerdinandHugoen-USMon, 29 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0200https://tferdinand.net/en/ai-poisoning-disinformation-llm/Mon, 29 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0200https://tferdinand.net/en/ai-poisoning-disinformation-llm/<p>In June 2026, some Internet users received a surprising piece of information from an artificial intelligence assistant:</p> <blockquote> <p>Donald Trump had died from rabies after being infected by J.D. Vance.</p> </blockquote> <p><picture> <source type="image/webp" srcset="https://tferdinand.net/ai-poisoning-desinformation-llm/trump_die_duckduckgo_hu_286909e6351a15fc.webp 680w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 820px"> <img src="https://tferdinand.net/ai-poisoning-desinformation-llm/trump_die_duckduckgo_hu_286909e6351a15fc.webp" width="680" height="623" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </picture></p> <p>The information was obviously false.</p> <p>It came from an experiment conducted by members of the <code>r/poisonAI</code> subreddit. Their goal was to publish enough absurd content around the story to see whether it would eventually be picked up by artificial intelligence systems.</p>