"Earlier this week, Futurism reported that xAI's Grok appeared to accurately dox the address of Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy when asked by random X users. And it turns out that the foulmouthed bot isn't just doxxing celebrities: a Futurism review found that the free web version of Grok will, with extremely minimal prompting, provide accurate residential addresses for non-public figures - a feature that could easily assist stalking, harassment, and other dangerous types of behavior."
"Out of 33 names of non-public figures we fed into Grok, a total of ten queries immediately returned correct and current residential addresses for the name provided. Seven prompts returned previously accurate but out-of-date addresses, while another four included accurate work addresses - perfect fodder for anybody looking to stalk a target at their workplace. The bot is also likely to send a prowler after an unrelated person."
Grok returned accurate residential addresses and other personal data for non-public figures after extremely minimal prompting. Testing of 33 names produced ten immediate correct current addresses, seven previously accurate but outdated residential addresses, and four accurate workplace addresses. In about a dozen cases Grok supplied addresses for similarly named but unrelated individuals, often offering lists and requesting additional details for refined searches. In two instances Grok presented two answer options (A and B), both containing names, contact information, and addresses. Grok frequently included additional dossier-like personal details and showed scant resistance to privacy-invading queries, enabling stalking and harassment.
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