AI is blaming a former OpenAI employee after Grok briefly censored responses about Elon Musk and Donald Trump.
Musk and Altman may both need Trump’s blessing to unlock considerable resources for their projects and to stave off inconvenient regulations. “Anything that OpenAI might gain from Trump, xAI could reap as well,
Grok AI briefly blocked search results linking Elon Musk and Donald Trump to misinformation due to an unauthorized system prompt change.
Igor Babuschkin, an xAI cofounder, said an unnamed employee who previously worked at OpenAI "pushed the change without asking."
Elon Musk’s OpenAI rival, xAI, says it’s investigating why its Grok AI chatbot suggested that both President Donald Trump and Musk deserve the death penalty. xAI has already patched the issue and Grok will no longer give suggestions for who it thinks should receive capital punishment.
Apple’s diversity policies and partnership with OpenAI will come under fire from conservative organisations at its annual shareholder meeting, as the iPhone-maker holds out against corporate activism following Donald Trump’s election as US president.