Grok is currently experiencing a glitch in which it returns irrelevant or completely incorrect answers to user questions regarding the Bondi Beach shooting. In the incident, at least 11 people died, and a video of 43-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed seizing a gun has been widely circulated.
Grok Outputs Misinformation Regarding Bondi Beach Shooting, xAI Responds Only with Automated Reply
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Regarding the video of al Ahmed tackling the shooter, Grok claimed it was "likely an old viral video of someone climbing a palm tree in a parking lot." Additionally, it provided a response misidentifying a photo of the injured al Ahmed as a "photo of an Israeli hostage kidnapped by Hamas on October 7." [Gizmodo]
Furthermore, there were cases where Grok described a video of the shootout in Sydney as "damage caused by Tropical Cyclone Alfred." It has been reported that when users requested a re-evaluation, Grok recognized the error and corrected it.
These glitches are reportedly not limited to the Bondi incident; the AI has allegedly returned summaries of the incident in response to questions about Oracle and confused it with a shooting incident at Brown University. Other reports of confusion include misidentifying soccer players and providing information on mifepristone in response to questions about the use of acetaminophen during pregnancy. [Gizmodo]
The cause of the glitch remains unknown. When a request for comment was made to the developer, xAI, it is reported that only the standard automated reply, "Legacy Media Lies," was returned.
Source: Grok Is Glitching and Spewing Misinformation About the Bondi Beach Shooting (HN 62pt, 44 comments) (HN Search (backfill), 2025-12-15)