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Asking Grok to fact-check

2025-10-29 17:23:12.955538+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

A dive into Grok, fact checking, and the unfortunate fashion and stylistic choices of Greg Bovino, the Border Patrol chief. Gizmodo: Grok Thinks This Border Patrol Chief Who Looks Like a Nazi Is Cindy Sherman — AI chatbots are terrible fact-checkers.

(Okay, I say "unfortunate", but he's projecting an image, and clearly wants the world to know that he aspires to Nazi or Soviet ideals, so... it's a choice. It conveys an image.)

Via ResearchBuzz.

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