{"id":25272,"date":"2025-07-11T17:29:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T14:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/users-accuse-grok-of-consulting-with-musk\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T17:29:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T14:29:41","slug":"users-accuse-grok-of-consulting-with-musk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/users-accuse-grok-of-consulting-with-musk\/","title":{"rendered":"Users Accuse Grok of &#8216;Consulting&#8217; with Musk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/xai-unveils-grok-4-the-worlds-most-intelligent-ai\">presentation of Grok 4<\/a>, Elon Musk stated that the ultimate goal of xAI is to create an AI that is &#8220;maximally truth-seeking.&#8221; Some users on X have discovered that the neural network relies on the entrepreneur&#8217;s posts on X. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I replicated this result, that Grok focuses nearly entirely on finding out what Elon thinks in order to align with that, on a fresh Grok 4 chat with no custom instructions.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NgeMpGWBOB\">https:\/\/t.co\/NgeMpGWBOB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MEcrtY3ltR\">https:\/\/t.co\/MEcrtY3ltR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QTWzjtYuxR\">pic.twitter.com\/QTWzjtYuxR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeremy Howard (@jeremyphoward) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeremyphoward\/status\/1943436621556466171?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This includes topics such as the conflict between Israel and Palestine, abortion, and immigration legislation.<\/p>\n<p>These observations suggest that Grok 4 has been specifically tuned to consider the political views of the head of xAI when responding to contentious issues. <\/p>\n<p>Previously, the billionaire <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/elon-musks-proposal-to-cleanse-ai-knowledge-base-sparks-expert-concerns\">declared<\/a> that his startup would rewrite &#8220;all human knowledge&#8221; to train a new version of the chatbot, as there is &#8220;too much garbage in any base model trained on uncorrected data&#8221; today. AI specialist Gary Marcus compared Musk&#8217;s plan to a dystopia. <\/p>\n<p>Later, Grok became more categorical and began issuing controversial and contradictory statements. xAI <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/grok-improved-grows-more-politicised-and-contentious\">noted<\/a> that it is working on removing inappropriate publications.<\/p>\n<p>TechCrunch <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/07\/10\/grok-4-seems-to-consult-elon-musk-to-answer-controversial-questions\/\">asked<\/a> Grok 4 for its opinion on immigration to the US and found that the chatbot, in its chain of thoughts, &#8220;sought Elon Musk&#8217;s views&#8221; on the topic.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-qw.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXeQHbLsrYNOZ_dol8Hc-ZVEk7v58eUP6EXhs993_Wjp-_85TRIVroLVk_A6xNNLpsYpCChY3EBAGqVdQe0Aa-MWZekl7JAa30PAvQLwP2a_gsC3BbRDtECqfyerKM-0u-vvyv0c?key=wiC6TJg7cZ1QpiX6cF6BEA\" alt=\"Users Accuse Grok of 'Consulting' with Musk\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Grok 4&#8217;s chain of thoughts regarding the question of US immigration. Data: TechCrunch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The reasoning chains created by AI models to explain their answers are not entirely reliable indicators of how they arrive at their conclusions. However, they are generally considered a reasonably good reflection. <\/p>\n<p>Journalists have repeatedly found that Grok 4 relies on Musk&#8217;s views in its reasoning. <\/p>\n<p>In its responses, the chatbot attempts to provide a balanced position, offering multiple perspectives on delicate topics. However, it ultimately expresses its own opinion, which aligns with Musk&#8217;s stance. <\/p>\n<p>In July, Grok <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ai-in-it-which-free-ai-model-writes-the-best-code\">outperformed<\/a> ChatGPT and DeepSeek in programming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the presentation of Grok 4, Elon Musk stated that the ultimate goal of xAI is to create an AI that is &#8220;maximally truth-seeking.&#8221; Some users on X have discovered that the neural network relies on the entrepreneur&#8217;s posts on X. 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