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Google Search falsely declared Sam Altman dead, but Google says nobody did it manually


Google Search briefly told users that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman had died on August 12, 2026, displaying the false date prominently inside his Knowledge Panel: Google has now responded to the backlash and removed the misinformation. In a public response on X, the company said the result was not manually changed by anyone at Google […]

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