WF-KWVC48
Gemini and Grok Reportedly Misidentified Authentic Minab School-Strike Graveyard Photo as Unrelated Disaster Imagery
Gemini and Grok reportedly gave false provenance claims about an authentic photo of graves prepared for victims of the Minab school strike, identifying it as disaster imagery from Turkey or Indonesia. Researchers verified the photo's location through satellite imagery and related visual evidence.
- Date it happened
- 2026-03-17
- Organisation involved
- Google, xAI
- Product, system or model
- Gemini, Grok
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