People think Mitch McConnell’s hospital photo is AI—and AI isn’t helping

As photographic evidence loses its power to convince, some social media users are turning to chatbots for answers. Are they making the conspiracies worse? From bunnies jumping on a trampoline at night to Norwegian soccer player Erling Haaland getting scared of his own reflection, the more that AI-generated content makes its way into our social feeds, the harder it becomes to tell what’s false from reality.