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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[–] 55 points 10 months 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?

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  • [–] 52 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    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!

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  • [–] 21 points 10 months ago (1 child)

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

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

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  • [–] 57 points 10 months ago

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

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  • [–] 15 points 10 months 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.

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago

    Garbage in, garbage out.

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago

    Misinformation machine spreads misinformation. More news at ten.

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  • [+] -27 points 10 months ago (3 children)
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    [–] 30 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Grok is spreading misinformation about the Bondi Beach shooting

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  • [–] 26 points 10 months ago

    The lying machine lied, color me surprised.

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  • [–] 26 points 10 months ago

    The same grok owned by the racist, bigoted Nazi? That grok?

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  • [–] 17 points 10 months ago

    Grok spreading lies and misinformation? Couldn’t be…

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago

    Who freakin' cares? I still get my news from various human sources. Is there anyone out there screaming "Grok! Save us!".

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago

    Chill bro grok was just trolling..

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  • [–] 44 points 10 months ago (13 children)

    Grok this grok that...
    I'm sorry, but ***k grok. Stop posting about it.

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  • [–] 74 points 10 months ago (10 children)

    You can say “fuck” on the internet.

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  • [–] 13 points 10 months ago (7 children)

    Not in ml you can't lol. Bootlicking is hard work.

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  • [–] 15 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    It's also untrue.

    Watch: Fuck

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    Are you saying it in ml if you're posting on a different instance? Can the ml mods block this comment, or ban you from a community on an instance they don't moderate?

    I'm not sure were the other person is coming from, I've seen a lot of "fuck" and "BLYAT" on ml.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    False slander (ironic considering what we’re discussing).

    Only slurs are auto removed including a very common one against women pertaining as well to female dogs. You can say fuck, shit, asshole, etc.

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I would not mind more sites feeding bad data to LLM's.

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