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[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 days ago (3 children)

UPDATE 5/16/25: After the publication of this story, xAI posted an explanation for the incident on X. "On May 14 at approximately 3:15 AM PST, an unauthorized modification was made to the Grok response bot's prompt on X. This change, which directed Grok to provide a specific response on a political topic, violated xAI's internal policies and core values."

Mmhmm

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 days ago

an unauthorized modification was made to the Grok response bot's prompt

Oh yeah happens all the time accidentally modifying your AI, anyone has access, I bet it was the janitor.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago

violated xAI’s internal policies and core values.

(X) Doubt

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)