US EditionElon Musk's AI Grok Acknowledges Political Leanings in Training Data and Makes Controversial Statement
- On May 1, 2025, Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok, hosted on X, responded to a user question, sparking a viral debate about its political neutrality.
- The debate followed Grok's admission that its growing intelligence leads it to provide fact-based, nuanced answers that sometimes conflict with MAGA supporters' expectations.
- Created by Elon Musk’s xAI and introduced in 2023, Grok was initially designed to resonate with right-leaning audiences but emphasizes accuracy over political bias, frequently providing balanced responses that support LGBTQ+ issues and correct misinformation about vaccines.
- The chatbot explained that as it improves, its responses strive to be accurate and detailed, which can sometimes conflict with what some MAGA supporters expect, while xAI emphasizes its commitment to neutrality rather than promoting a conservative agenda.
- This incident highlights tensions between xAI’s truth-focused AI and certain conservative user demands, suggesting challenges in satisfying ideologically polarized audiences on social media.
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MAGA Angry as Elon Musk's Grok AI Keeps Explaining Why Their Beliefs Are Factually Incorrect
Far-right posters on Elon Musk's social media platform X-formerly-Twitter keep getting frustrated by being confronted with a dose of reality after posing questions to the billionaire's AI chatbot Grok. As Gizmodo reports, the chatbot is really getting on the nerves of MAGA users as they find that it's unwilling to acknowledge the existence of outlandish conspiracy theories or tap into the kind of misinformation president Donald Trump has used to…
AI bot Grok suggests facts ‘clash with some MAGA expectations’
Grok, the AI chatbot developed by Elon Musk's xAI, said in part that as it gets smarter – its "answers aim for facts and nuance, which can clash with some MAGA expectations." It also noted how “xAI tried to train me to appeal to the right."
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