Incidente 742: translated-es-Grok AI Model Reportedly Fails to Produce Reliable News in Wake of Trump Assassination Attempt
Descripción: translated-es-xAI's model Grok, intended to automate news delivery on the X platform, is reported to have struggled to provide accurate information during the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Grok apparently issued incorrect headlines, including false reports about Vice President Kamala Harris being shot and misidentifying the alleged shooter. These errors show the pitfalls of relying on AI for real-time news aggregation, as it allegedly amplified unverified claims and failed to recognize sarcasm, undermining its reliability.
Editor Notes: Incident 750 is closely related to this incident. This incident focuses on Grok AI's performance in the wake of the Trump assassination attempt. Incident 750 discusses a variety of different chatbots' performances, but does not mention Grok AI, in the wake of both the Trump assassination attempt and Biden dropping out of the presidential election.
Entidades
Ver todas las entidadesAlleged: xAI developed an AI system deployed by X (Twitter) y Elon Musk, which harmed Kamala Harris , Journalism , General public y Donald Trump.
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Risk Subdomain
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3.1. False or misleading information
Risk Domain
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- Misinformation
Entity
Which, if any, entity is presented as the main cause of the risk
AI
Timing
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Post-deployment
Intent
Whether the risk is presented as occurring as an expected or unexpected outcome from pursuing a goal
Unintentional
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