X's AI chatbot Grok generated and briefly published an unsubstantiated news summary claiming Donald Trump was missing his dentures during an interview with Elon Musk, based on trending speculation about Trump's speech patterns.
During Donald Trump's interview with Elon Musk on X Spaces on Monday, some users on the platform claimed Trump was slurring his speech, with the word 'slurring' trending on X. This led to unsubstantiated speculation about Trump missing his dentures, despite no evidence of the former president wearing dentures. X's AI chatbot Grok, which uses artificial intelligence to generate news summaries from trending topics for premium subscribers, created a summary under the headline 'Trump's Dentures In Discussion Amid Speech.' The summary stated that many X users 'noted that Trump sounded as if he was not wearing his dentures, commenting on his slurred speech and the apparent looseness of his dentures.' This post was quickly taken down by X and the summary's link now leads to a blank page. The Trump campaign dismissed questions about his voice, responding only with 'It must be your ears.' This incident follows previous instances where Grok has spread misinformation, including false claims about election information and Iran striking Tel Aviv.
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