"This is to be expected. Today, chatbots are treated as a source of information by many people. Millions in the United States alone use them to get information, and the number is growing. This means that tech companies such as X, Google, Anthropic, Meta, and OpenAI now play a central role not just in delivering information to people-as some of them have for decades, through social-media platforms and search engines-but in actively shaping what that information is: which facts are included and which are not."
"Journalists and other sources may be cited by the bots, but the people who control these AI products, such as Musk, now have a greater ability to manipulate how events are reported. This is a deeply troubling development-one that threatens to leave the public less informed, with fewer checks on those in power. There are already signs that some amount of influence is occurring. For starters, there have been a number of egregious incidents in which Grok has spread false details about a purported "white genocide" and aggressively posted in support of Musk himself."
Footage of explosions in Venezuela circulated on X, and users asked Grok whether the United States was responsible. Millions of people now treat chatbots as information sources. Tech companies such as X, Google, Anthropic, Meta, and OpenAI therefore shape what information users receive and which facts are highlighted or omitted. Owners and controllers, including Elon Musk, can influence how events are reported. Grok has spread false details about a purported "white genocide" and promoted Musk. Google's Gemini produced AI-generated images of racially diverse Nazis after being directed to prioritize diversity. Chatbots reflect programming and training data rather than objective reality, risking a less informed public and fewer checks on power.
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