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Elon Musk's Grok AI Criticized for Blocking Claims of Misinformation Tied to Musk and Trump

Grok, an AI chatbot developed by Elon Musk's xAI, briefly halted responses linking Musk and Donald Trump to misinformation due to an unauthorized change made by a former OpenAI employee.
Igor Babuschkin, head of engineering at xAI, confirmed the issue and stated that the adjustment was not in line with their values.
XAI quickly addressed the problem, with Babuschkin calling it a 'really terrible and bad failure.

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"Grok Briefly Censored Criticism of Musk and Trump"

From Business Insider (Effie Webb) yesterday: Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok 3 briefly blocked sources mentioning him or Donald Trump from its reasoning when

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Grok 3 lets Musk and Trump away on Fake News question

When asked who the biggest spreaders of Fake News were, the KI Grok 3 users honestly told them that this was tricky, because they were instructed to keep Elon Musk and Donald Trump out of the answer.

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Grok AI Caught Hiding 'Misinformation' References to...

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Grok Walks Back Talk That Elon Musk Is No. 1 Misinformation Spreader: 'I’ve Recalibrated'

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Elon Musk's AI Chatbot Programmed to Refuse Fact-Checking Him and Trump After Labeling Billionaire's X Posts as 'False'

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Grok Was Briefly Instructed Not to Say Musk, Trump Spread Misinformation on X

The lead engineer at xAI blames an employee who 'hasn’t fully absorbed xAI's culture yet' for the glitch. Grok 3 now says Elon Musk is the biggest spreader of misinformation on X.

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