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flag On Dec. 6, 2025, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot GROK falsely claimed John Donovan’s father died from a feud with Shell, fabricating a cause of death despite records showing he died in 2013 at 96 from a short illness.

flag On December 6, 2025, John Donovan, a long-time critic of Royal Dutch Shell, tested Elon Musk’s AI chatbot GROK, which falsely claimed his late father died from the stresses of a feud with Shell. flag The AI generated a detailed but inaccurate biography, fabricating the cause of death despite public records showing Alfred Donovan died in 2013 at age 96 from a short illness. flag The incident highlights growing concerns over AI systems producing confident, misleading narratives by combining real facts with invented details, raising questions about accountability and reliability in automated content.

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