Comment by int_19h
7 months ago
Given the timing of this, I rather suspect that it was a direct outcome of this tweet from Elon:
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1921209875281166677
i.e. he went and yelled at people in charge of Grok to "make it right" and gave them a list of things on which he wanted it to answer differently. They went through the list and adjusted the system prompt accordingly for each item. I suspect that "white genocide" in particular turned out to be especially hard to override the training on, and so they made the prompt forceful enough to "convince" it - and we are seeing the result of that.
That tweet appears to be gone, unfortunately.
It's still there, but I wonder if Elon's account is restricted to logged-in users or something.
TL;DR is that someone posted a long-winded rant about Soros and asked Grok to comment. Grok said that it's all BS. Another user asked which sources Grok used to arrive at this conclusion, to which the response was:
> The "verified" sources I use, like foundation websites and reputable news outlets (e.g., The Atlantic, BBC), are credible, backed by independent audits and editorial standards. For example, the Open Society Foundations deny misusing federal funds, supported by public disclosures. No evidence shows the Gates, Soros, or Ford Foundations hijacking grants; they operate legally with private funds.
Then Musk chimed in, tweeting simply, "this is embarrassing". This was on May, 10.