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Grok flags a phishing email that passed Gmail's authentication checks

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Elon Musk says Grok can detect scam emails, citing a user report in which a message from noreply@x.ai passed SPF, DKIM and DMARC checks.

The user says Grok found a hidden phishing link, explained why the checks passed, and drafted a report to xAI with a proposed fix.

The post is a single user account shared by Musk. The report does not say whether xAI has confirmed the email or changed anything in response.

Written by AI from the articles below · updated Oct 14, 7:53 PM ET

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Developments

2 developments

  1. Oct 14, 7:26 PM ET · 1 article
    Grok bot detects phishing email that passed SPF, DKIM, DMARC
    Elon Musk: Grok bot detects a phishing email that passed all email authentication checks
  2. Oct 11, 8:20 AM ET · 1 article
    Gmail misses a phishing email that OpenAI's dot flags
    Noam Brown: Gmail misses a phishing email that OpenAI's dot flags

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Oct 14
  1. Elon MuskX
    Grok bot detects a phishing email that passed all email authentication checks

    AIElon Musk says Grok can detect scam emails. A user reports that a message from noreply@x.ai passed SPF, DKIM, and DMARC checks, but Grok found a hidden phishing link, explained why the checks passed, and drafted a report to xAI with a proposed fix.

Oct 11
  1. Noam BrownX
    Gmail misses a phishing email that OpenAI's dot flags

    AINoam Brown says a phishing email got past Gmail's filters, but his dot, an OpenAI product, caught it and warned him. The post does not give details about the email's content or how the warning worked.

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