2026-09-20T23:22:28.549Z
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Purported Error by Grok Reportedly Misrepresents Basketball Slang as Criminal Allegation Against NBA Player
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.
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- reported
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- Global
Reported occurrence date: 2024-04-16T00:00:00.000Z
Evidence & attribution
- AI Incident Database
- AI Incident Database · 2024-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
First collected: 2026-09-19T22:50:59.123Z. This is not the publication date.
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