Venezuelans Searching Through Quake Rubble With Government Overwhelmed; Can AI Chatbots Be Fooled by Russian Propaganda?

The death toll from Venezuela’s twin earthquakes continues to climb and time is running out to find survivors. But residents of Caracas say they’re doing the digging themselves, with emergency responders overwhelmed. NBC News Contributor Ana Vanessa Herrero shares stories from the area hit hardest, La Guaira. Plus, senior European officials tell NBC News that pro-Russian groups have been flooding AI systems with propaganda in an attempt to skew the information that chatbots share with users in Europe and the U.S. Recent research found that the campaign has affected some of the most popular AI programs, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini. NBC News Technology Reporter Jared Perlo breaks down how the chatbots are being targeted.

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