misidentify

Example Sentences

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Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok churned out misinformation about Australia's Bondi Beach mass shooting, misidentifying a key figure who saved lives and falsely claiming that a victim staged his injuries, researchers said Tuesday.

From Barron's

For the record: A photograph of Earth, Wind & Fire accompanying a story on Bill Whitten in the last edition of Image misidentified the photographer.

From Los Angeles Times

In that interview, Tate made no mention of a White House official intervening on his behalf and seemingly misidentified state authorities in Florida as responsible for taking his devices.

From Salon

Then, in the 1980s, local divers stumbled upon it but misidentified it as a Dutch merchant ship.

From Literature

Washington did not comment on the claim that they had misidentified the image.

From BBC