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

By France24
12 April 2024   |   11:40 am
X’s AI chatbot, Grok, generates news headlines and content based on what’s trending…What happens if what’s trending is a fake news story? This is what happened on April 4, when verified users on X started spamming a fake news story claiming that Iran attacked Israel. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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