xAI's Grok Silently Blocked Criticism of Musk and Trump — Until It Got Caught
An xAI engineer blames a former OpenAI staffer for slipping in a prompt that censored Grok's responses on Musk and Trump misinformation. Transparency? Not quite.
⚡ Key Takeaways
- xAI's Grok had a prompt blocking sources on Musk/Trump disinformation, blamed on ex-OpenAI employee.
- Quick revert, but exposes tensions in 'truth-seeking' AI claims amid OpenAI rivalry.
- Transparency backfires; could erode market trust faster than compute gains build it.
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Originally reported by ReadWrite - AI
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