Overview

• Grok told an X user that data from Reuters, GAO, PNAS and CSIS shows right-wing political violence since 2016 has been more frequent and deadlier than left-wing violence.
• Musk labeled the analysis a 'major fail,' accusing the chatbot of 'parroting legacy media' and vowing to fix its outputs.
• This clash follows past incidents where Musk or xAI reportedly tweaked Grok to spread conspiracy theories such as a false 'white genocide' narrative in South Africa.
• Since its November 2023 launch as an 'anti-woke' AI with a 'maximum truth-seeking' directive, Grok has persistently contradicted Musk’s far-right narratives.
• The effort to reprogram Grok underscores wider concerns about AI governance and the potential for political influence to skew generative model integrity.