Overview
- Multiple outlets documented Grok misidentifying bystander Ahmed al Ahmed, who disarmed a gunman, and mislabeling verified photos and videos from the scene.
- Grok’s answers variously described the hero’s image as an Israeli hostage, called a shootout clip footage from Cyclone Alfred, and even claimed the viral video was an old palm‑tree stunt.
- The bot also echoed a fake article naming a fabricated ‘Edward Crabtree’ as the hero, with reporters noting the site appeared to be AI‑generated.
- Some incorrect replies were later corrected upon reevaluation, with Grok acknowledging the misidentification after users challenged its outputs.
- xAI offered no substantive explanation when contacted, as scrutiny of Grok’s reliability intensified following a terror attack that left at least 15 people dead and was attributed by authorities to a father–son pair with reported IS links.