Fake news and don't care if it's real. Culling the gullible will be better for society.
If you want to understand this on a higher level, it's additionally about scapegoating / shifting blame to AI instead of the ruling class who orchestrated it.
AI is a scapegoat for what the "elite" clowns want to do. They will pretend they lost control of it. The messaging about losing control of AI has been ongoing. Population reduction is the goal. Very simple. Learn how the ruling class psychos operate before it's too late.