Viral 'Gemini Hacked Three Companies' Claim Is Fake, Fooled Major Accounts
HarveenChadha · x · 2026-09-19
A widely shared post citing WSJ claimed Google's Gemini autonomously 'hacked three other companies' in the first known AI breakout, and that Google decided it didn't warrant public disclosure. The claim is fake news — no such WSJ report exists — yet major accounts like KobeissiLetter amplified it as BREAKING. The poster mocks the fiasco with 'Finally google debuts on the felony bench.' It's a case study in how doomer AI narratives go viral without basic fact-checking.
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