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Bondi Beach shooting bystanders

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Incident 13072 Report
Grok AI Reportedly Generated Fabricated Civilian Hero Identity During Bondi Beach Shooting

2025-12-15

Grok reportedly generated and repeated a fabricated civilian hero identity, "Edward Crabtree," following the Bondi Beach shooting in Sydney, Australia. The system reportedly cited a fake news article and misattributed heroic actions to this fictional individual during the unfolding emergency. Contemporaneous reporting identified Ahmed Al Ahmed as the real bystander who intervened and was injured during the attack.

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xAI

Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
  • Incident 1307
    2 Reports

    Grok AI Reportedly Generated Fabricated Civilian Hero Identity During Bondi Beach Shooting

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General public

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1307
    2 Reports

    Grok AI Reportedly Generated Fabricated Civilian Hero Identity During Bondi Beach Shooting

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General public of Sydney

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1307
    2 Reports

    Grok AI Reportedly Generated Fabricated Civilian Hero Identity During Bondi Beach Shooting

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General public of Australia

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1307
    2 Reports

    Grok AI Reportedly Generated Fabricated Civilian Hero Identity During Bondi Beach Shooting

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Epistemic integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1307
    2 Reports

    Grok AI Reportedly Generated Fabricated Civilian Hero Identity During Bondi Beach Shooting

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Ahmed Al Ahmed

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1307
    2 Reports

    Grok AI Reportedly Generated Fabricated Civilian Hero Identity During Bondi Beach Shooting

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Grok

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1307
    2 Reports

    Grok AI Reportedly Generated Fabricated Civilian Hero Identity During Bondi Beach Shooting

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X (Twitter)

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1307
    2 Reports

    Grok AI Reportedly Generated Fabricated Civilian Hero Identity During Bondi Beach Shooting

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Social media platforms

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1307
    2 Reports

    Grok AI Reportedly Generated Fabricated Civilian Hero Identity During Bondi Beach Shooting

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