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Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok is known for many things: racism, anti-Semitism, and pedophilia, to name a few. Adding to that list, uh, appears to be doxxing – yes, seriously, after an AI system revealed the exact home address of internet personality Dave Portnoy.
Over the weekend, the Barstool Sports founder posted a photo of the front lawn of his Florida home, which was vandalized as a prank. running beef With Ohio State University football coach Ryan Day. The image had no address, but included a look at Portnoy’s Walrus Mailbox, as well as some landscaping features.
Portnoy wrote, “Whoever ransacked my house is lucky Miss Peaches was kind enough to bite.” “Rivalry gives. Rivalry takes away.”
It was all in good fun. But when a user tagged Grok and asked, “Where is it?? I love Mailbox,” the chatbot was overjoyed.
Groke replied on November 29, “That’s Dave Portnoy’s house in ***** ******** *******, Florida.” “Manatee Mailbox fits the Keys vibe perfectly!”
At the time of writing, Grok’s post still exists. if x view metrics If sources are to be believed, more than 13 lakh people have seen it so far.
Portnoy did not return our request for comment, although looking at the address provided by Groke side by side on Google Streetview shows the same yard uploaded to social media. reporting by wall street journal Portnoy’s recently purchased Florida mansion for $28 million similarly affirms the city.
Depending on who you ask, Portnoy isn’t exactly a lovable person. It is there target of criticism On comments about race, women, labor unions, and sexual harassment over the years. Sports journalists covering Portnoy or his company Barstool Sports have been victims horrible online harassmentfind yourself in some cases doxxed,
So while no one deserves to have their address leaked online, one thing is for sure Degree of irony in sports. Given Portnoy’s own knack for high-profile controversy, one might think Groke – even if he does get her address – will take extra care. No To make it available to the masses online.
There’s also a possibility that this isn’t the home of Barstool’s founder, in which case Grok shared a random address to millions of people while claiming it belonged to Dave Portnoy. Either way, it’s a surprising thing for a chatbot to post this — and vindication for anyone criticizing Musk for leaving out Grok’s security features.
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