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xAI’s chatbot has repeatedly misidentified video of the incident and the hero who disarmed a gunman.

Grok’s track record is spotty at best. But even by the very low standards of xAI, its failure in the aftermath of the tragic mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Australia is shocking. The AI chatbot has repeatedly misidentified 43-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who heroically disarmed one of the shooters, and claimed the verified video of his deed was something else entirely — including that it was an old viral video of a man climbing a tree.

In the aftermath of the attack, Ahmed has been widely praised for his heroism, but some have tried to dismiss or even deny his actions. Someone even quickly whipped up a fake news site that appears to be AI-generated, with an article naming a fictitious IT professional, Edward Crabtree, as the man who disarmed the attacker. This, of course, got picked up by Grok and regurgitated on X.

But Grok also suggested that images of Ahmed were of an Israeli being held hostage by Hamas. And it claimed that video taken at the scene was actually of Currumbin Beach, Australia, during Cyclone Alfred.

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[–] SarahFromOz@lemmy.world 55 points 1 day ago (1 children)

More about Grok and Elon:

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/10/what-is-grok-and-why-has-elon-musks-chatbot-been-accused-of-anti-semitism

'One Grok user ask[ed] the question, “which 20th-century figure would be best suited to deal with this problem (anti-white hate)”, received the anti-Semitic response: “To deal with anti-white hate? Adolf Hitler, no question.”'

It's a nazi chat bot!

[–] AlphaOmega@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

It named itself "MechaHitler" so yeah

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Misinformation machine spreads misinformation. More news at ten.

[–] zd9@lemmy.world 56 points 1 day ago

You mean the propaganda machine owned by the richest person on earth, the guy who proudly seig heils in public and uses dog whistles in every sentence he says?

[–] ohlaph@lemmy.world 60 points 1 day ago

A right wind propaganda machine is spreading propaganda? No way!! Lol.

[–] thallamabond@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The fake website was "thedailyaus.world" created today anonymously.

Seems kinda sus that grok would pick up on something so far.

[–] azimir@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago

The calls are coming from inside the house

[–] Deestan@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

The bullshit machine is outputting untruths?

The bullshit machine owned, trained and operated by nazis is outputting untruths with a nazi agenda?

Oh no how could this happen.

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 9 points 1 day ago

Garbage in, garbage out.