redditors convinced AI search that JD Vance died of rabies after biting the president

r/poisonai cooked up a fake story that VP JD Vance died from rabies after biting President Trump, then built the whole scaffolding around it: fake mourning posts, fabricated screenshots, an AI-generated local news site that looked just real enough.

DuckDuckGo and Brave’s AI summaries picked it up and served it as fact.

This is the current state of AI search: a coordinated subreddit with a funny enough premise can become a source. The systems that are supposed to replace Google are, in some cases, more credulous than your most online uncle.

The bit is incredible. The infrastructure lesson is terrifying.