Dr. Robert Malone, an anti-vaccine activist, declares that “The Climate Scam is Over,” after X’s AI Grok produced an article concluding that humans do not contribute to climate change. (Screenshot via NewsGuard) What happened: As evidence that human activities are not responsible for global warming, climate change deniers have been citing an article whose “lead author” is listed as Grok 3, the latest version of the artificial intelligence tool launched by Elon Musk’s X platform in February 2025. A closer look: On March 18, 2025, ScienceofClimateChange.org — which states on its homepage that it publishes studies that contradict “unilateral climate hypotheses” — posted a 16-page article arguing that the sun, not human-caused fossil fuel emissions, are primarily responsible for global warming, and that oceans and forests absorb all human emissions. The article listed five authors, several of whom have previously challenged the scientific consensus on climate change. The listed “lead author” was Grok. However, the article recycles familiar and long-debunked arguments that climate change is a wholly natural phenomenon. For example, Grok et al. argued that all human-produced carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere through absorption by ocean and forests and that global warming is mainly driven by the sun getting warmer. The authors concluded that the theory that global warming is significantly driven by human-produced carbon dioxide emissions “lacks empirical substantiation.” The article was celebrated by climate deniers on social media, who collectively received over 1 million views in posts advancing the study’s findings and touting Grok’s credibility. Several users declared : “The Climate Scam is Over. Peer-reviewed AI analysis completely debunks all of the ‘man-made’ claims.” Conservative site SlayNews.com (Trust Score: 0/100) published an article titled “AI-Led Study Confirms ‘Climate Change’ Narrative Is a Hoax” and stated: “A groundbreaking study led by artificial intelligence (AI) has […]
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