{"id":183814,"date":"2025-12-14T21:01:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T21:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/183814\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T21:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T21:01:08","slug":"grok-is-spreading-inaccurate-info-again-this-time-about-the-bondi-beach-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/183814\/","title":{"rendered":"Grok is spreading inaccurate info again, this time about the Bondi Beach shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">In the same month that Grok opted for a <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/ai\/grok-would-prefer-a-second-holocaust-over-harming-elon-musk-200023093.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:second Holocaust;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">second Holocaust<\/a> over vaporizing Elon Musk&#8217;s brain, the AI chatbot is on the fritz again. Following the Bondi Beach shooting in Australia during a festival to mark the start of Hanukkah, Grok is responding to user requests with inaccurate or completely unrelated info, as first spotted by <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/grok-is-glitching-and-spewing-misinformation-about-the-bondi-beach-shooting-2000699533\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Gizmodo;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Gizmodo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Grok&#8217;s confusion seems to be most apparent with a viral video that shows a 43-year-old bystander, identified as <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/ce3wkey5p33o\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ahmed al Ahmed;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Ahmed al Ahmed<\/a>, wrestling a gun away from an attacker during the incident, which has left at least 16 dead, according to the latest <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/australia-shooting-sydney-bondi-beach-31f711f09f677d0f88091ece25f651c1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:news;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">news<\/a> <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:5;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/live\/ckgk391yzm7t\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:reports;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:5;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">reports<\/a>. Grok&#8217;s responses show it repeatedly <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:6;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/grok\/status\/2000282306980802587\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:misidentifying;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:6;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">misidentifying<\/a> <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:7;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/grok\/status\/2000259322782101584\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the individual;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:7;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">the individual<\/a> who stopped one of the gunmen. In other cases, <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:8;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/grok\/status\/2000225743951851927?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Grok responds;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:8;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Grok responds<\/a> to the same image about the Bondi Beach shooting with irrelevant details about allegations of targeted civilian shootings in Palestine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">The <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:9;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/grok\/with_replies\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:latest replies;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:9;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">latest replies<\/a> still show Grok&#8217;s confusion with the Bondi Beach shooting, even providing information about the incident to <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:10;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/grok\/status\/2000256028940599521\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:unrelated requests;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:10;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">unrelated requests<\/a> or mixing it up with the <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:11;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/grok\/status\/2000261976103043297\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:shooting at Brown University;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:11;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">shooting at Brown University<\/a> in Rhode Island. xAI, Grok&#8217;s developer, hasn&#8217;t officially commented on what&#8217;s happening with its AI chatbot yet. However, it&#8217;s not the first time that Grok has gone off the rails, considering it dubbed itself <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:12;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/ai\/how-exactly-did-grok-go-full-mechahitler-151020144.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:MechaHitler;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:12;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MechaHitler<\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the same month that Grok opted for a second Holocaust over vaporizing Elon Musk&#8217;s brain, the AI&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183815,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[36311,7710,111,139,69,145],"class_list":{"0":"post-183814","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-bondi-beach","9":"tag-grok","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz","13":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}