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Grok shows 'flaws' in fact-checking Israel-Iran war: study

On Tuesday, the Digital Forensic Research Lab released a report showing that Elon Musk's AI assistant Grok delivered conflicting and misleading answers regarding the Israel-Iran conflict on the platform X.
The study followed rising misinformation online amid the Israel-Iran war, including false claims of Chinese military aid and recycled war visuals, which Grok sometimes confirmed incorrectly.
Grok offered inconsistent replies about an AI-generated video showing a destroyed airport, at times denying and other times confirming damage caused by strikes, attributing it variously to Yemeni missiles.
Elon Musk publicly criticized Grok's use of Media Matters as a source, writing 'Shame on you, Grok' and calling its sourcing 'terrible,' while xAI blamed an unauthorized modification for some errors.
The study suggests Grok struggles to verify confirmed facts and authenticate AI-generated media, raising doubts about its reliability for fact-checking during crises and noting past similar errors.

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