<!-- wp:html --><p>Ron DeSantis campaign via Reuters</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/ron-desantis">Ron DeSantis</a> large language model appeared to hallucinate on Sunday, with the campaign running <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattnovak/2024/01/21/ron-desantis-ends-campaign-with-fake-quote-from-winston-churchill/?sh=30f570c56317">an apparently fake</a> <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/winston-churchill">Winston Churchill</a> quote as the title of the candidate’s <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/desantis-drops-out-and-endorses-trump-in-taped-message?ref=home?ref=home">drop-out announcement</a> video.</p>
<p>It was a fitting touch for a campaign whose <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-taunts-ron-desantis-during-glitchy-twitter-spaces-campaign-launch">launch was a glitchy mess on Twitter</a>, ending with another farce on the same site now called X.</p>
<p>“Defeat is never fatal. Victory is never final: it is the courage to continue that counts,” the quote attributed to Churchill by the DeSantis campaign read.</p>
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“Defeat is never fatal. Victory is never final: it is the courage to continue that counts,” the quote attributed to Churchill by the DeSantis campaign read.
