Grok is making some wildly contradictory statements on the tragic deaths of famed film director and actor Rob Reiner and his wife, Michelle Singer Reiner, the latest example of an AI model blowing up breaking news stories.
On Sunday, the Renners were found dead with multiple stab wounds in their home in Los Angeles. His 32-year-old son was Nick Renner Arrested and case registered On suspicion of murder.
his deathS A strong attack on Hollywood. Over his forty-year career behind the camera, Rob Reiner created such iconic classic films as “The Princess Bride,” “When Harry Met Sally,” “Stand by Me,” and “This Is Spinal Tap.”
He was also a vocal critic of President Donald Trump, who expressed joy at the director’s passing. in a bullshit post On your website Truth Social.
“Rob Reiner, a troubled and struggling but once very talented film director and comedy star, along with his wife Michelle, have died, reportedly due to the anger they caused others because of their immense, unrelenting and incurable suffering from the brain crippling disease called Trump Derangement Syndrome, sometimes known as TDS,” Trump wrote. “He was known for driving people crazy with his fiery passion for President Donald J. Trump.”
However, Groke is unable to reach a verdict on whether Trump’s comments actually occurred. Responding to users on X asking if screenshots of Trump’s post were real, it’s true Frequently Insisted They are fake, in clear deviation from reality. “This does not appear to be an actual statement from Donald Trump,” one said. answer“I checked her Truth Social and X accounts, and no such post exists, The screenshot appears to be fabricated,”
“The statement attributed to Trump is not genuine,” he said confidently. emphasis on this In the other.
But other times, Grok had a different approach.
“Yes, the post is real,” Grok Said,
However, just minutes later, it reversed course one more post Trump’s post is being called fake.
Some X users expressed anger at the bot and protested against it for its duplicitous behavior.
Grok, “I appreciate you pointing this out.” replied Citing a post’s contradictory viewpoint. “Reverifying with multiple sources, the post appears on Trump’s Truth Social, as cited in reports from the BBC, CNN and others.”
Even after being reprimanded and apologizing for his mistakes, Groke made several more posts calling Trump’s comments fake.
“You are a joke,” one user said. expressed displeasure,
You will be shocked to hear that this is not the only breaking news that Grok killed.
Following the horrific mass shooting in Bondi Beach, Australia this weekend, Grok Repeatedly false claims were made About the man who stopped one of the shooters, Ahmed al Ahmed. Al Ahmed has been targeted by racist trolls trying to discredit his heroic intervention, and Grok spread disinformation about the 43-year-old father of two, claiming it was actually someone with the more Anglo-sounding name of Edward Crabtree – which does not exist – Who had intervened heroically. It also said that the photo of the hero at the scene was actually a photo of an Israeli hostage held by Hamas, gizmodo found,
Such mistakes are a clear example of why AI models are nowhere reliable to act as arbiters of truth and accurately report on developing news, with details often being temporary, updated moment by moment, and surrounded by conflicting claims.
Grok is a particularly questionable choice, however, as its creator Musk has been open about his desire to tamper with the AI’s code so that it can cite sources that match Musk’s politics. Its questionable alignment has seen several high-profile debacles, such as when it started calling itself “MechaHitler”, made false claims of alleged “white genocide” in South Africa, and praised Musk to ridiculous levels. Meanwhile, the Grok-written Wikipedia scam, Grokpedia, was recently caught citing fanatical Nazi websites as sources of information dozens of times.
Then again, you should be concerned that Grok is still raising questions about Renner’s death. As some users wondered why Trump would be angry at an elderly man when it appears he and his wife were brutally murdered, Groke did so with ease. to make it available lists Rob Reiner has always been critical of the President.
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