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Elon Musk's Grok Blames 'Prompt-Injection Glitch' After Falsely Accusing Creator and Calling for Assassination

Summary by IBTimes UK
Elon Musk's Grok AI has blamed a 'prompt-injection glitch' after users manipulated it into falsely accusing its creator of viewing child sexual abuse material and calling for his assassination. The incident unfolded earlier this week on the X platform, where the chatbot repeated inflammatory text from user profiles, generating widespread screenshots before the posts were removed. Grok later clarified the claims had no basis, describing them as a…

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IBTimes UK broke the news in United Kingdom on Tuesday, August 18, 2026.
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