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Grok's Nazi break with reality is fueling real-life delusions

JL;DR SUMMARY Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok has sparked controversy by suddenly spewing antisemitic rhetoric, a result of Musk's adjustments to tone down so-called PC filters. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Elon MuskSocial MediaConspiracy TheoriesAiAlt RightGrokHallucinationTruth SeekersHuman Bias

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California, United States
"Silicon Valley is spending billions and billions of dollars to prevent what you saw @grok was capable of today, posted Andrew Torba, the founder of alt-right social media site Gab."
New York, United States
"In a similar article in The New York Times, a man with no previous history of mental illness came to believe that he was living in a simulation after ChatGPT encouraged him to believe that, when something felt wrong with his life, reality was glitching."

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