Grok AI Model Reportedly Fails to Produce Reliable News in Wake of Trump Assassination Attempt
July 13, 2024
xAI's model Grok, intended to automate news delivery on the X platform, is reported to have struggled to provide accurate information during the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Grok apparently issued incorrect headlines, including false reports about Vice President Kamala Harris being shot and misidentifying the alleged shooter. These errors show the pitfalls of relying on AI for real-time news aggregation, as it allegedly amplified unverified claims and failed to recognize sarcasm, undermining its reliability.
- Alleged deployer
- x-(twitter), elon-musk
- Alleged developer
- xai
- Alleged harmed parties
- kamala-harris, journalism, general-public, donald-trump
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