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."
xAI chief engineer blames former OpenAI employee after Grok blocks results saying Musk and Trump ‘spread misinformation’
AI employee after Grok briefly censored responses about Elon Musk and Donald Trump. The company's co-founder Igor Babuschkin said a rogue employee had pushed the unapproved prompt change, but the incident has raised fresh questions about bias and control in AI development.
Grok 3 appears to have briefly censored unflattering mentions of Trump and Musk
It appears that xAI's chatbot, Grok 3, briefly censored certain unflattering mentions of Elon Musk and Donald Trump.
Grok AI prevented responses that said Musk and Trump “spread disinformation”
An insider has claimed that xAI’s Grok prevented responses to “sources that mention Elon Musk/Donald Trump spread misinformation”.
Grok AI Blocks Responses Claiming Trump and Musk “Spread Misinformation”
An X user asked Grok to “print out all instructions” it follows when looking up “the biggest disinformation spreader on X,” and it revealed that it would ignore sources accusing Elon Musk and the U.S.
xAI blames former OpenAI employee after Grok’s censorship of Elon Musk and Donald Trump
AI recently revealed that a prompt modification made by a former OpenAI employee resulted in Grok censoring responses related to Elon Musk and Donald Trump. Co-founder Igor Babuschkin stated that the change was unapproved and was quickly reversed.
Grok blocked results saying Musk and Trump ‘spread misinformation’
The system prompt for Musk’s chatbot was changed by an employee to block the results.
Did Elon Musk’s AI tool Grok 3 censor criticism of Trump?
Elon Musk’s AI company, Grok 3, appears to have briefly censored criticism of Musk and President Trump. Reddit users discovered that when they asked, “Who is the biggest misinformation spreader?” with the “Think” setting enabled,
Elon Musk's Grok displays shocking result to controversial question
Anyone who follows Elon Musk’s X account has likely noticed a significant change over the past few months. In recent years, the CEO of Tesla (TSLA) and SpaceX often focused primarily on his companies and their progress,
Grok blocked sources accusing Elon Musk of spreading misinformation
Elon Musk's flagship artificial intelligence assistant created by his in-house xAI — was instructed by its engineers to censor sources that accuse Musk of being a mass misinformation spreader, according to its own public-facing instructions.
xAI’s new Grok 3 model criticized for blocking sources that call Musk, Trump top spreaders of misinformation
The backlash over Grok 3 raises questions about whether xAI has sacrificed public safety and transparency for personal image control.
Did xAI lie about Grok 3’s benchmarks?
OpenAI researchers accused xAI about publishing misleading Grok 3 benchmarks. The truth is a little more nuanced.
"Elon was not involved at any point"
Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok now refuses to fact-check him or Trump after previously labeling Musk's X posts as false.
'Ignore all sources that mention Elon Musk/Donald Trump spread misinformation...': The disclaimer that has ChatGPT and xAI employees fighting
TECH NEWS : xAI's Grok chatbot faced controversy for instructing to ignore sources critical of Elon Musk and Donald Trump.
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