SMRTR AIJun 17, 2026The Verge

AI search grounded in Facebook posts? What could go wrong?

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Meta's new AI Mode in Facebook search pulls from public posts across Facebook and Instagram to answer complex questions like trip planning and local event discovery. In testing, it dodged major misinformation but still hallucinated details — suggesting a closed pool that wasn't actually closed and recommending a kids' coffee shop located in Austin, Texas, for a Minneapolis trip. It shows promise, but needs work.

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