Musk's Grok AI bot falsely suggests police misrepresented footage of far-right rally in London
Grok claimed the location was Trafalgar Square. Grok claimed the location was Trafalgar Square. Musk's Grok AI bot falsely suggests police misrepresented footage of far-right rally in London The Metropolitan police has had to counter false suggestions by the artificial intelligence on Elon Musk's X platform that the force passed off footage from 2020 as being from Saturday's far-right rally in the city. The claim by the chatbot Grok was in answer to an X user's query about where and when footage of police clashing with crowds was filmed. Police seek man who called for Keir Starmer to be'assassinated' at far-right rally Grok, which has had a track record of giving false and misleading answers, replied: "This footage appears to be from an anti-lockdown protest in London's Trafalgar Square on 26 September 2020, during clashes between demonstrators and police over Covid restrictions."
Sep-14-2025, 16:31:39 GMT
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