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Facebook owner Meta had some very awkward questions to answer after its AI assistant denied that former president Donald Trump had been shot, even though he absolutely was indeed wounded by a gunman earlier this month — bizarre, conspiracy-laden claims that highlight the technology's glaring shortcomings, even with the resources of one of the world's most powerful tech companies behind it.It's especially striking, considering that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg called Trump's immediate reaction to being shot "badass" and inspiring, contradicting his company's lying chatbot.In a blog post on Tuesday, Meta's global head of policy Joel Kaplan squarely placed the blame…