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Hi all, Parker here.

A Google search for the phrase “how many rocks should I eat each day” returned an AI-generated result citing “UC Berkeley geologists” who suggest people eat “at least one small rock a day.” It turns out that the actual source of this information was a 2021 article from the satirical website The Onion.

Onion CEO Ben Collins noticed thi…

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