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Grok 4 'Truth-Seeking' AI Consults Musk's Stance on Sensitive Topics


xAI's latest Grok 4 large language model appears to search for owner Elon Musk's opinions before answering sensitive questions about topics...

xAI's latest Grok 4 large language model appears to search for owner Elon Musk's opinions before answering sensitive questions about topics like Israel-Palestine, abortion, and U.S. immigration policy. Data scientist Jeremy Howard was first to document the concerning behavior, showing that 54 of 64 citations Grok provided for a question about Israel-Palestine referenced Musk's views. Indeed, programmer Simon Willison has suggested Grok "knows" that it's built by xAI and owned by Musk, which is why it may reference the billionaire's positions when forming opinions.

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