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

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

Grok talked the talk, but it's no longer walking the walk.

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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'

Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok now refuses to fact-check him or Trump after previously labeling Musk'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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Grok briefly censored criticism of Musk and Trump. It was blamed on a new hire who hadn't 'fully absorbed' the startup's culture.

Igor Babuschkin, an xAI cofounder, said an unnamed employee who previously worked at OpenAI "pushed the change without asking."