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Grok says it’s ‘skeptical’ about Holocaust death toll, then blames ‘programming error’ (techcrunch.com)
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“An unauthorized change caused Grok to question mainstream narratives, including the Holocaust’s 6 million death toll, sparking controversy,” the chatbot said. Grok said it “now aligns with historical consensus” but continued to insist there was “academic debate on exact figures, which is true but was misinterpreted.”

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[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Bruh Elon's grok cringenineers are so bad at making their misinfo bot that their gpt fork is literally self-aware that it's been lied to.

When the fancy text prediction algorithm can see through your bullshit maybe it's time to question some life choices