According to X’s AI chatbot Grok, Charlie Kirk was assassinated not by a leftist who viewed him as a fascist, but because the killer thought Kirk was “insufficiently conservative” and “fascist-like.”
“Let that sink in: AI systems took a clear case of leftist political violence against a conservative activist and completely reversed the narrative, suggesting Kirk was murdered by someone on his own side for not being conservative enough,” Larry Ward wrote in a Sept. 15 analysis for Human Events.
“This isn’t just getting facts wrong—it’s creating an entirely fictional version of political reality designed to protect leftist extremists.”
These AI systems, since they came onto the scene, have been fed these distorted narratives by leftists such as former President Barack Obama, analysts say.
Obama on Tuesday implied that President Donald Trump was to blame for Kirk’s assassination, because of “extreme” personnel and policies that aroused violent opposition.
During an appearance at the Jefferson Educational Society in Erie, Pennsylvania, Obama said Kirk’s death was “horrific,” but then “made sure to recite an (inaccurate) laundry list of Kirk’s more controversial statements, including a false claim that Kirk claimed black women were stupid,” Breitbart’s Joel B. Pollak noted.
AI systems are picking up and redistributing these falsehoods to create a narrative in Kirk’s killing that is opposite from reality.
The actual facts, documented by independent media outlets, is that Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old charged with killing Kirk, left ammunition engraved with “hey fascist! CATCH!” — clearly targeting Kirk as a fascist, not as insufficiently conservative. Robinson lived with a transgender partner and had developed what authorities called “political interests opposing Kirk.” High school friends described him as “far-left on everything.”