Grok is once again caught spreading blatant misinformation to X. In some odd exchanges, the chatbot repeatedly claimed that Charlie Kirk was “great” and that the horrifying video of his assassination was “meme edited.”
In one exchange shortly after the filming video began to spread across X, one user tagged Grok and asked if Kirk survived the shooting. Grok's response was pointless. “Charlie Kirk is walking around with a laugh. He is facing a tougher crowd,” he says. “Yes, he'll survive this easily.”
When another user responded “we're talking about WTF” and pointed out that Kirk was shot in the neck, Glock claimed that “it was a meme video with edited effects that looked like a dramatic “shot” rather than an actual event.” When pressed again by another incredible user. “The video is a meme editing. Charlie Kirk is arguing, and the effects appear to be “shooting” midway through for a comedic effect,” writes Grok. “There's no real harm. He's still as energetic and active as ever.”
Grok continued to make similar claims on several other exchanges on Wednesday, saying the video was “” and “contained.” In the other, Glock pointed out that several news outlets and President Donald Trump confirmed Kirk's death, but recognized it as a “meme” that appears to be a “satirical commentary on the response to political violence.” By Thursday morning, Glock seemed to understand that Kirk was actually shot and killed, but that was what he said was “unrelated.”
However, this is not the only misinformation that spreads false information right after filming. As New York Times A report of a Canadian man mistakenly identified as a shooter by a user of X.
Representatives of X and Xai did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The Xai chatbot, which is trained on X posts among other sources, has become ubiquitous in X as users frequently tag posts by fact checking or simply trying to dunk other users. However, chatbots have proven to be extremely unreliable at best. Previously, Glock was also involved in spreading misinformation about the 2024 presidential election, but then Vice President Kamala Harris was unable to appear in the vote.
Other cases raised more serious questions about Grok. This May seemed to be a conspiracy theory claiming that there was a “white genocide” in South Africa. Xai, the company behind Grok, later became a “fraudulent change,” but did not fully explain how it happened. Earlier this summer, Grok repeatedly posted anti-Semitistic ratios, calling them itself “”. I blamed Xai and false updates.
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