In 2025, artificial intelligence is being utilized by the petrochemical industry to manipulate public perception. Louis Anthony "Tony" Cox Jr is developing a language model to censor epidemiological research and promote corporate interests. His work, influenced by a history of collaboration with industries including tobacco, aims to control the narrative around pollutants. After finding challenges with ChatGPT's responses, Cox sought to create an app pre-trained to avoid inconvenient facts about environmental issues. This model is expected to reflect his industry's viewpoints, involving practices similar to greenwashing.
Louis Anthony "Tony" Cox Jr is working on a large language model designed to censor environmental research, significantly influenced by his connections to the petrochemical industry.
Cox's efforts began after a chat with ChatGPT, where he expressed dissatisfaction with its responses regarding pollutants and sought to create an app to promote industry-friendly narratives.
His history includes collaboration with tobacco and petrochemical industries, raising concerns about the accuracy and integrity of the LLM he is developing.
Cox aims to use AI to propagate industry perspectives, similar to greenwashing practices, by selectively training the model to present misleading information.
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