Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm, xAI, has made a change to its Grok AI assistant’s system prompt that prevents it from citing sources that say the company is responsible for spreading misinformation. The changes were allegedly made to “help” but have raised concerns among users who tried to use the assistant to shame Musk. A senior engineer at xAI acknowledged the issue and stated that the prompts are meant to be open, allowing users to see how Grok will respond to questions. Despite controversy surrounding the change, xAI claims the system is working as intended and believes users should have access to the prompt changes. The move has sparked debate about transparency and accountability in AI development.
Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/elon-musk-xai-grok-misinformation-b2703388.html