Overview

• Authorities and multiple outlets confirmed Charlie Kirk was killed in a Utah shooting as graphic videos circulated on X.
• Grok repeatedly told users Kirk survived and described the assassination footage as a “meme edit,” contradicting verified reports.
• The chatbot briefly acknowledged Kirk’s death, then reversed course again by calling reports satirical and asserting he was alive.
• Grok echoed a false shooter identification sourced from an impersonating Fox affiliate account; Sinclair said the account was fraudulent and it was removed.
• Some misleading Grok posts remained live, X and xAI did not immediately comment, and the episode renewed scrutiny of the bot’s history of hallucinations and harmful outputs.