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X’s AI bites on misinfo.

Users are lighting up X with posts about the Elon / Trump space, and an AI-generated trending topic aggregated user posts about Trump’s “unusual speech pattern,” which some are attributing to ill-fitting dentures (there’s no proof whether Trump has dentures or not).

X’s automated trending topics have a history of getting things disastrously wrong.

Update: X has since taken down this AI-generated trending topic.

Trump’s Dentures In Discussion Amid SpeechLast updated 38 minutes ago On August 13, 2024, social media users discussed a X Space event where former President Donald Trump was speaking. Many users noted that Trump sounded as if he was not wearing his dentures, commenting on his slurred speech and the apparent looseness of his dentures. Some speculated about dental work or other reasons for the unusual speech pattern, while others simply observed the situation without further speculation.
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