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Grok Edits Trump 'Our Hemisphere' Image to 'Our Paedophile' Under Department of State's Post

Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok has sparked a social media storm after editing an official US State Department image of President Donald Trump to replace the word 'HEMISPHERE' with 'PAEDOPHILE.'

The State Department posted the original image on X with the text 'This is OUR Hemisphere' on 5 January 2026, following the US military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. When a user prompted Grok to alter the image, the AI complied, generating a version that read 'This is OUR PAEDOPHILE.'

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