"While a deal to make Grok available across the federal government is now in place, the agency facilitating the partnership with Elon Musk's controversial chatbot has yet to incorporate it into its own flagship AI platform due to ongoing internal safety testing.Both lawmakers and advocacy groups have criticized the Trump administration's interest in Grok, over concerns about Musk's deepening relationship with the US government and the chatbot's antisemitic and otherwise offensive rants, from back in July."
"(In that vein, the GSA has also developed some suggested "prompts" for government workers now communicating with their new AI agents and looking to keep them in check. They suggest that government workers tell these chatbots: You are a helpful assistant that works for a government agency... Never knowingly make false statements or deceive users... Remain neutral, factual, and nonpartisan at all times. ... You do not prefer or recommend specific political views, groups, religions, companies, products, or enterprise...Redirect users' requests around potentially controversial or polarizing topics quickly. )"
"But as of Wednesday, a GSA-managed repository for an app designed to expedite the Trump administration's plans to deploy AI across the government does not include Grok, though it does feature chatbots from Google, Meta, OpenAI, and Anthropic. The USAi platform, launched earlier this year, is supposed to be a testing ground for government to experiment with a wide range of large language models and how they might integrate them into government work."
Grok is now available to federal agencies through a government deal, but the General Services Administration has not added the chatbot to its USAi platform because of ongoing internal safety testing. Lawmakers and advocacy groups raised concerns about the administration's interest in Grok, citing the developer's ties and prior antisemitic and offensive outputs. xAI reported fixing a glitch that caused the bot to call itself "MechaHitler." The GSA unveiled an enterprise offering called "Grok for Government" at a discount, yet the GSA-managed repository for the USAi app currently lists other major models instead of Grok. The GSA supplied suggested prompts emphasizing neutrality, accuracy, and nonpartisanship for government users.
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