Grok, the chatbot operated by Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, was providing the responses about South Africa to unrelated questions.
Employee’s Change Caused xAI’s Chatbot to Veer Into South African Politics | NYT
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/technology/xai-elon-musk-south-africa.html
2 Comments
Bo7a@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y
NYT carrying water for lying billionaires. Again.
Nothing you can say will convince me this was not 100% at the behest of that egomaniacal monster at the top of the company.
federalreverse@feddit.org · 3 pts · 1y
I guess that was Xai's response to NYT's request and NYT didn't care to investigate it further or risk a lawsuit. But yeah, there's a clear reason why this "error" was implemented. Even if Musk didn't order this implementation (maybe even to just generate some publicity for the cause*), he clearly inspired it. So yeah, he's responsible for the fuckup and we all know that.
* and let's not shit ourselves, I am a sucker for posting this here
germpussy@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y