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Grok says it’s ‘skeptical’ about Holocaust death toll, then blames ‘programming error’ (techcrunch.com)
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“An unauthorized change caused Grok to question mainstream narratives, including the Holocaust’s 6 million death toll, sparking controversy,” the chatbot said. Grok said it “now aligns with historical consensus” but continued to insist there was “academic debate on exact figures, which is true but was misinterpreted.”

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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 15 points 3 days ago

[–] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

Maybe it's on the Autism spectrum.

Maybe it's heart goes out to you. Yeah that's it.

[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Bruh Elon's grok cringenineers are so bad at making their misinfo bot that their gpt fork is literally self-aware that it's been lied to.

When the fancy text prediction algorithm can see through your bullshit maybe it's time to question some life choices

[–] turdburglar@lemm.ee 5 points 3 days ago

hey y’all should stop using grok. elon is smogging the neighborhood around his computer with gas generators and is cooling the computer with aquifer water. every post about grok should mention these facts.

[–] dxc@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

Melon's doing all that himself so people keep talking about that AI and start using it out of curiosity. It's all a PR stunt we've seen over and over again.