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In late October, Elon Musk released a Wikipedia alternative, with pages written by his AI chatbot Grok. Unlike its nearly quarter-century-old namesake, Musk said Grokipedia would strip out the “woke” from Wikipedia, which he previously described as an “extension of legacy media propaganda.” But while Musk’s Grokipedia, in his eyes, is propaganda-free, it seems to have a proclivity toward right-wing hagiography.

Take Grokipedia’s entry on Adolf Hitler. Until earlier this month, the entry read, “Adolf Hitler was the Austrian-born Führer of Germany from 1933 to 1945.” That phrase has been edited to “Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and dictator,” but Grok still refers to Hitler by his honorific one clause later, writing that Hitler served as “Führer und Reichskanzler from August 1934 until his suicide in 1945.” NBC News also pointed out that the page on Hitler goes on for some 13,000 words before the first mention of the Holocaust.

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[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Grok is also a word in hitchhikers guide to the galaxy and is specifically named as the inspiration for Grok….
but thanks for playing “i read google ai overview”

[–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

As a long-time fan of the Hitchhiker's Guide, I have no memory of the word 'grok' appearing, and the internet at large appears to agree.

I read Stranger in a Strange Land a couple decades ago, and the word is presented in a way that's pretty easy to remember where you got it from.

I don't tend to use Google AI overview or any other such tools to get answers like this to quip back at people, and I'd appreciate if you didn't just assume I did.

[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago

https://slate.com/technology/2023/11/elon-musk-xai-grok-hitchhikers-guide-galaxy-douglas-adams.html

Elon Musk’s Tribute to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Does Not Suggest He Has Actually Read It