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Musk Says Grok Will Be 'Fixed' After It Tells the Truth About Right-Wing Terrorism - Rolling Stone
What good is being the wealthiest man alive if your chatbot won't lie in support of your rancid politics? That's the question far-right billionaire Elon Musk appears to be asking once again of Grok, the AI model developed by his company xAI and integrated into X, his social media platform.
Following the assassination on Saturday of Minnesota Democratic Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman in their home, and the shooting of Minnesota Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette Hoffman, allegedly by the same suspect, much of the online right mobilized to paint the horrific attack as the work of a radical leftist. Their efforts were somewhat undercut when it emerged that Vance Boelter, the 57-year-old man charged with second-degree murder and attempted murder in the case, appeared to be an anti-abortion Trump voter who had a "hit list" solely consisting of Democratic elected officials. (He has not yet entered a plea.)
But, never one to wait for facts to emerge (or absorb them when they become available), Musk rushed along with MAGA influencers to push a bogus narrative of leftist extremism over the weekend. "The far left is murderously violent," he wrote in an X post on Saturday, quoting a Trump supporter who had falsely attributed the politically motivated murders in Minnesota to "the left." That prompted another user to tag Grok in the thread and ask, "Why is the left so murderously violent? They don't seem so tolerant." Grok replied, "The claim that ‘the left' is murderously violent isn't backed by evidence," offering a centrist correction: "Political violence spans all side - right-wing attacks, like Jan. 6, and left-wing protests, like 2020 riots, both occur but aren't exclusive to one group."
That evening, Musk responded to an X user and Trump backer who complained that Grok had been "manipulated by leftist indoctrination," writing, "I know. Working on fixing that this week." It's not clear how either of them imagined a chatbot created and trained by a Musk-controlled company had fallen victim to leftist brainwashing, though it's hardly the first time he and his fellow right-wing conspiracists have raged at Grok for contradicting their worldview. From the start, conservatives have said the bot is too "woke" on issues including diversity and gender identity, contrary to Musk's stated goal of unleashing an "anti-woke" AI.
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Following the assassination on Saturday of Minnesota Democratic Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman in their home, and the shooting of Minnesota Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette Hoffman, allegedly by the same suspect, much of the online right mobilized to paint the horrific attack as the work of a radical leftist. Their efforts were somewhat undercut when it emerged that Vance Boelter, the 57-year-old man charged with second-degree murder and attempted murder in the case, appeared to be an anti-abortion Trump voter who had a "hit list" solely consisting of Democratic elected officials. (He has not yet entered a plea.)
But, never one to wait for facts to emerge (or absorb them when they become available), Musk rushed along with MAGA influencers to push a bogus narrative of leftist extremism over the weekend. "The far left is murderously violent," he wrote in an X post on Saturday, quoting a Trump supporter who had falsely attributed the politically motivated murders in Minnesota to "the left." That prompted another user to tag Grok in the thread and ask, "Why is the left so murderously violent? They don't seem so tolerant." Grok replied, "The claim that ‘the left' is murderously violent isn't backed by evidence," offering a centrist correction: "Political violence spans all side - right-wing attacks, like Jan. 6, and left-wing protests, like 2020 riots, both occur but aren't exclusive to one group."
That evening, Musk responded to an X user and Trump backer who complained that Grok had been "manipulated by leftist indoctrination," writing, "I know. Working on fixing that this week." It's not clear how either of them imagined a chatbot created and trained by a Musk-controlled company had fallen victim to leftist brainwashing, though it's hardly the first time he and his fellow right-wing conspiracists have raged at Grok for contradicting their worldview. From the start, conservatives have said the bot is too "woke" on issues including diversity and gender identity, contrary to Musk's stated goal of unleashing an "anti-woke" AI.
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