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Purported Error by Grok Reportedly Misrepresents Basketball Slang as Criminal Allegation Against NBA Player
- Occurred
- Apr 16, 2024
- Published
- Apr 17, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
X's Grok AI bot reportedly generated a trending story falsely claiming that Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson was under investigation for vandalizing homes with bricks in Sacramento. The alleged fabrication appeared after Grok reportedly misinterpreted posts describing Thompson "shooting bricks" during a basketball game. The story reportedly ranked #5 briefly on X's trending list.
Developers
- xAI
Deployers
- xAI
Harmed parties
- X (Twitter) users
- NBA fans
- Klay Thompson
- Golden State Warriors
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Grok AI hallucinated a criminal allegation against a public figure due to misinterpreting sports slang.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8