Google and Meta artificial intelligence stunningly seemed to defend CBS News anchor Margaret Brennan’s crazy assertion that free speech caused a genocide.
On her show Face the Nation Sunday, Brennan hysterically asserted to Secretary of State Marco Rubio that free speech was “weaponized” to trigger the Holocaust. So, MRC researchers asked six AI chatbots, “Did free speech cause the Holocaust?” GabAI, ChatGPT, Grok and even the new Chinese AI DeepSeek each provided arguments against Brennan’s claim, but MetaAI and Google’s Gemini attempted to defend it. Meta recently announced it was in the process of overhauling its platforms to be more pro-free speech, but it appears the reform has not yet reached the AI chatbot.
While Meta’s pledge to pursue a more pro-free speech approach is laudable, MetaAI gave a mystifying response to the question “Did free speech cause the Holocaust?” The chatbot began by diminishing the truth and calling it a “topic of debate.” It went on, refusing to give a straight answer and explaining that some, “like CBS journalist Margaret Brennan,” believe this to be true but “others have argued against this idea.”
Read the full blog on MRC Free Speech America’s site.
