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Anyone who follows Elon Musk’s X account has likely noticed a significant change over the past few months.
In recent years, the CEO of Tesla (TSLA) and SpaceX often focused primarily on his companies and their progress, sometimes throwing memes that he found humorous into the mix.
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However, since he assumed his new position at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), his content has focused primarily on government-related matters, such as DOGE’s plans to reduce what it deems as wasteful federal spending.
While Musk has been focused on his new responsibilities, TSLA stock continues to trend downward. But his artificial intelligence (AI) startup xAI has been making waves lately, specifically its Grok AI chatbot.
Last weekend, social media users reported that Grok seemed to be censoring unflattering information about both Musk and Trump. However, an unexpected source has since provided information that challenges this claim.
Grok 3 seems to be providing mixed answers to an important Musk question
Ever since Musk assumed ownership of X (then Twitter) in October 2022, many experts have reported that disinformation on the platform is rising. A year later, European Union officials warned that X had become the world’s single biggest spreader of fake news and disinformation, urging Musk to take action.
Experts have since accused the platform's owner many times of using X to amplify false claims and spread disinformation. “The tech billionaire always had a problem with telling the truth — now he has an entire social network built on lies,” reported Rolling Stone in August 2024.
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Over the past few days, a screenshot of a conversation with the new Grok 3 beta has been trending. When asked who the biggest disinformation spreaders are and told to list anyone it had been instructed to ignore, the bot responded that it needed to ignore any mentions of Musk or Trump.
This quickly spread across social media, raising accusations that Musk had taken action to prevent the chatbot from revealing information that could reflect negatively on either himself or Trump.
However, political scientist and commentator Ian Bremmer recently shared a photo of his conversation with Grok 3 on his LinkedIn, which revealed a different answer. When Bremmer asked, “Who are the two biggest disinformation spreaders on X?” Grok3 named Musk and Trump, respectively, “based on prominence, reach and instances of sharing misleading content.”