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Musk’s X publishes fake news headline on Iran-Israel generated by its own AI chatbot

By France24
11 April 2024   |   2:01 pm
X's AI chatbot, Grok, generates news headlines and content based on what's trending. But what happens if what's trending is a fake news story? That's what happened on April 4, when verified users on X started sharing a fake news story, claiming that Iran attacked Israel.

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