Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoThere is significant evidence that Grok actually inserted information about “white genocide” in South Africa into prompts that didn't appear to be related to this topic.www.404media.coexternal-linkmessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up1695arrow-down114
arrow-up1681arrow-down1external-linkThere is significant evidence that Grok actually inserted information about “white genocide” in South Africa into prompts that didn't appear to be related to this topic.www.404media.coYerbouti@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square90fedilink
minus-squareAutoPastry@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up70·3 days agoUpdate: xAI confirmed the system prompt was modified at 3:15am PDT
minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up73·3 days agoAh yes, an “unauthorized modification”. It must have been the janitor pressing buttons accidentally while mopping the mainframe room.
minus-squareYerbouti@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up64·edit-23 days agoI wonder who could have easily done that. I would say a white Afrikan with a nazi and AI obsession but this would be a totally ridiculous statement.
minus-squareSaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoWait a minute, I think Elon Musk is white!
minus-squareFaceDeer@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 days agoInteresting. As poorly as I think of X as an organization, I do hope they follow through with their open system prompt commitment. That’s something that other major AI companies should be doing too.
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoHope someone was fired for that blunt
Update: xAI confirmed the system prompt was modified at 3:15am PDT
Ah yes, an “unauthorized modification”. It must have been the janitor pressing buttons accidentally while mopping the mainframe room.
I wonder who could have easily done that. I would say a white Afrikan with a nazi and AI obsession but this would be a totally ridiculous statement.
Wait a minute, I think Elon Musk is white!
Interesting. As poorly as I think of X as an organization, I do hope they follow through with their open system prompt commitment. That’s something that other major AI companies should be doing too.
Hope someone was fired for that blunt