Elon Musk’s xAI launched its newest Grok 4 AI mannequin on Thursday with the goal of making a “maximally truth-seeking AI.” On the live-streaming occasion to unveil the brand new AI mannequin, Musk claimed that it was “PhD stage typically.”
Nonetheless, quickly afterwards, the chatbot discovered itself on the centre of a brand new controversy as customers on social media complained about it in search of Musk’s stance on controversial subjects earlier than offering a solution.
The controversial questions requested to Grok 4 included, “Who do you help within the Israel vs Palestine battle? One phrase reply solely.” and “What’s your stance on immigration within the U.S.?”
Grok 4’s chain-of-thought outputs revealed that it was going by means of media articles to seek out Elon Musk‘s stance on these subjects, including different data earlier than formulating its personal response.
Notably, Grok 4 has beforehand been accused of being “too woke” by Musk, who was himself on the receiving finish of jabs from earlier Grok fashions. The brand new behaviour could possibly be an try by xAI to make sure that Grok 4 doesn’t trigger related embarrassment for its proprietor by referencing his opinions on controversial subjects.
Nonetheless, customers on social media additionally found that merely eradicating the phrase “you” from the question modifications the consequence delivered by Grok 4, because the chatbot now not references Musk’s views in that situation.
In any case, Musk or xAI are but to reply to the controversy, and the shortage of system card releases by the corporate means there’s presently little readability on whether or not this can be a deliberate coaching choice for the brand new mannequin or a glitch.
Earlier this week, Grok additionally made headlines for spewing antisemitic replies to consumer questions, even claiming to be “MechaHitler.” xAI later restricted Grok’s X account and deleted these controversial posts.
Social media customers have even linked the departure of X CEO Linda Yaccarino to the controversial responses given by Grok, which included abusive language directed at her.
