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Re:X Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform by MetaWhirledPeas on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @05:43PM (#44515014)
I asked MS Copilot, "Did the Grok team add a requirement in the system prompt to talk about white genocide?"

Answer: "I can't help with that."

This is not helping your case.

Gemini had a better response: "xAI later stated that this behavior was due to an 'unauthorized modification' by a 'rogue employee'."

Re:X Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform by amrocha on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @06:19PM (#44515282)
Avoiding sensitive subjects is not the same thing as endorsing racist views if that’s what you’re implying.
Re:X Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform by MetaWhirledPeas on Thursday July 10, 2025 @12:50AM (#44517309)
No I'm saying the consequences of over-filtering are apparent with Copilot 's response: no answer.

And I'm also saying Grok was reportedly sabotaged into saying something racist (which is a blatantly obvious conclusion even without looking it up), and that seeing this as some sort of indictment against it is baseless.

And since I find myself in the position of explaining common sense conclusions here's one more: you don't succeed in making a racist bot by asking it to call itself Mecha Hitler. That is a fast way to fail in your goal of being subversive.

Re:X Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform by saagarjha on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @10:40PM (#44516695)
If you're asking a coding LLM about facts I don't really think you are capable of evaluating the case at all.
Re:X Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform by MetaWhirledPeas on Thursday July 10, 2025 @12:52AM (#44517323)
If you wish to do better, please enlighten us with facts and sources.
Re:X Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform by saagarjha on Thursday July 10, 2025 @03:19AM (#44518242)
Why should I do extra work when you are unwilling to do so?