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Musk’s AI Model Updated to Be More ‘Politically Incorrect’

July 8, 2025 at 6:00 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Grok, the chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, was updated over the weekend with instructions to “assume subjective viewpoints sourced from the media are biased” and “not shy away from making claims which are politically incorrect,” The Verge reports.

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