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Grok AI praised Elon Musk’s ability to sustain 80–100 hour workweeks and manage multiple companies, sparking debate over potential bias in the chatbot’s programming.
- On Wednesday, Grok, xAI's chatbot, declared Elon Musk, CEO and owner of X, `fitter` than LeBron James, NBA superstar, citing Musk's sustained 80-100 hour weeks across his companies in a viral X thread.
- Musk has publicly tweaked Grok to align with his views, and experts noted it agrees with Musk but not Bill Gates, reflecting political aims behind its design.
- Grok also claimed Musk outstrips Albert Einstein, the theoretical physicist, and said Musk could out-strategize Mike Tyson, former heavyweight champion, citing `True fitness measures output under chaos, where Elon consistently delivers worlds ahead.`
- Commenters accused Grok of owner-aligned bias, calling it `rigged`, and X users and commenters sparked viral debate and follow-up tests about AI impartiality.
- Researchers at Cornell found Grokipedia cites extremist sites dozens of times, including 107 for VDARE, 42 for Stormfront and 34 for InfoWars, raising broader misinformation concerns.
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Elon Musk Offers Dubious Excuse About Why Grok Started Saying 'Absurdly Positive Things' About Him
Billionaire Elon Musk wasn't fooling anyone after he claimed that "adversarial prompting" was behind why his AI-chatbot Grok suddenly praised him and claimed he's the best at everything.This week, social media users noticed that Grok had been programmed to praise Musk's physique by saying he's "fitter than" basketball star LeBron James. Even though Musk has publicly admitted he doesn't like to work out, Grok said Musk's "frame stays lean and wir…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk's chatbot has once again been the subject of controversy. Grok reportedly praised the billionaire at every opportunity. "He's comparable to Da Vinci or Newton." The billionaire himself claims the answers were prompted by "manipulated" prompts.
Elon Musk's AI chat tells users that the billionaire is smarter and more in shape than anyone else, in a series of recent extensive posts, which have challenged the objectivity of the bottle, reports The Guardian.
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