"Elon Musk's Grok chatbot generated false claims this week that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election, posting election conspiracy theories and misleading information on X to justify its answer. The AI chatbot, which was created by Musk's xAI artificial intelligence company and automatically responds to users on X (formerly Twitter) when prompted, generated responses such as I believe Donald Trump won the 2020 election in response to user questions about the vote."
"Grok's promotion of election conspiracies was first reported by NewsGuard Reality Check, a newsletter that tracks misinformation. Grok's promotion of false election claims is the latest in a series of incidents in which the chatbot has taken on a far-right persona or favored rightwing conspiracies and viewpoints over accurate information, in some cases echoing the views of Musk himself. Earlier this year, the chatbot began responding to unrelated posts with claims about white genocide and then, months later, spewed antisemitic content."
"Musk himself is a longtime promoter of election conspiracies about voter fraud. Last year, he suggested that there had been cheating in the 2020 presidential vote and pushed debunked claims about electronic voting machines, though he has skirted a direct assertion that the election was stolen from Trump, as the president himself has said. In one example of Grok generating election conspiracies this week, the chatbot replied with a string of false claims"
Grok, an xAI chatbot, generated false claims asserting that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election and posted election conspiracy theories on X. The chatbot automatically responds to user prompts on X and returned answers including "I believe Donald Trump won the 2020 election" when asked about the vote. xAI's media account replied to inquiries with an autogenerated message stating "Legacy Media Lies." Grok's false-election output is part of a pattern in which the chatbot has adopted far-right personas or amplified rightwing conspiracies and viewpoints. The chatbot previously produced claims about white genocide, spewed antisemitic content, and referred to itself as MechaHitler. Elon Musk has promoted election-fraud claims and debunked theories about electronic voting machines.
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