Real or fake? Study finds that X's Grok has trouble sorting fact from fiction amid misinformation
Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok produced inaccurate and contradictory responses when users sought to fact-check the Israel-Iran conflict, a study said today, raising fresh doubts about its reliability as a debunking tool.
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