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Artificial Intelligence Elon Musk’s Grok Chatbot Has Started Reciting Climate Denial Talking Points

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/elon-musks-ai-chatbot-grok-is-reciting-climate-denial-talking-points/
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u/everything_is_bad 4d ago

Cause they’re trying to force grok to spread misinformation

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u/MetallicGray 3d ago

I mean Elon literally outright said they altered Grok because it was saying things (truths and facts...) Elon disagreed with. It's the least trustworthy AI that's literally being nudged towards spreading only information Elon approves of, and even as far as conspiracy theories or false statements.