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Marcel SIneM(S)US<p>Studie: Therapie-Chatbots sind oft schlechte Berater bei psychischen Problemen | heise online <a href="https://www.heise.de/news/Studie-KI-Therapie-Bots-geben-moerderische-Tipps-und-verletzen-Leitlinien-10485464.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">heise.de/news/Studie-KI-Therap</span><span class="invisible">ie-Bots-geben-moerderische-Tipps-und-verletzen-Leitlinien-10485464.html</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Medizin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medizin</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psychology</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Psychologie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Psychologie</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Wissenschaft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wissenschaft</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ChatBot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChatBot</span></a></p>
Scripter :verified_flashing:<p>KI-Chatbot: Passwort 123456 gewährt Zugriff auf McDonald's-Bewerberdaten - Golem.de<br><a href="https://glm.io/197944?n" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">glm.io/197944?n</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/McDonalds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>McDonalds</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Datenschutz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Datenschutz</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Bewerberdaten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bewerberdaten</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/McHire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>McHire</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Chatbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chatbot</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Olivia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Olivia</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> to invest $2B in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/xAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xAI</span></a></p><p>SpaceX has committed $2B to xAI as part of a $5B equity round, deepening the ties between <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> billionaire Elon Musk's ventures as his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> startup races to compete w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a>, the WSJ reported on Sat.</p><p>The investment follows xAI's merger with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a> &amp; values the combined company at $113B, with the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Grok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grok</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chatbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatbot</span></a> now powering <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a> support &amp; eyed for future integration into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a>'s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Optimus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Optimus</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/robots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>robots</span></a>, the report added.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MechaHitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MechaHitler</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/science/spacex-invest-2-billion-musks-xai-startup-wsj-reports-2025-07-12/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/science/spacex-inv</span><span class="invisible">est-2-billion-musks-xai-startup-wsj-reports-2025-07-12/</span></a></p>
Ukraine War Bulletins and News<p><a href="https://youtu.be/kPrDRBLBqfE" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/kPrDRBLBqfE</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>⛔️🇺🇸X technicians, users, and staff as guilty as Tesla Neo-Nazi CEO Musk in developing and spreading Nazi hate speech ideology through GROK and X (DW - German News in English VIDEO) <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Brussels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brussels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BoycottMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoycottMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BoycottX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoycottX</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BoycottTesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoycottTesla</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GROK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GROK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ChatBot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChatBot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OSCE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSCE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PACE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PACE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CoE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SouthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthKorea</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Taiwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Taiwan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanUnion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/russiaUkraineWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>russiaUkraineWar</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/11yrInvasionofUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>11yrInvasionofUkraine</span></a></p>
Drew<p>"Chatbots are not independently intelligent. They are statistical word-completion engines, and have no internal world model against which they can check their output."</p><p>Andriy Burkov, The Hundred-Page Machine Learning Book (2019)</p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/chatbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatbot</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/humansareunderestimated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humansareunderestimated</span></a></p>
GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 🇺🇦<p>wow!</p><p>The latest version of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>'s artificial intelligence <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chatbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatbot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Grok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grok</span></a> is echoing the views of its billionaire creator, so much so that it will sometimes search online for Musk's stance on an issue before offering up an opinion</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://techxplore.com/news/2025-07-latest-grok-chatbot-musk.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techxplore.com/news/2025-07-la</span><span class="invisible">test-grok-chatbot-musk.html</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>One example widely shared on social media — &amp; which Willison duplicated — asked <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Grok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grok</span></a> to comment on the conflict in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEast</span></a>. The prompted question made no mention of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>, but the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chatbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatbot</span></a> looked for his guidance anyway.</p><p>As a so-called reasoning model, much like those made by rivals <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a> or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Anthropic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anthropic</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Grok4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grok4</span></a> shows its “thinking” as it goes through the steps of processing a question &amp; coming up with an answer.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MediaLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MediaLiteracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bias</span></a></p>
Scripter :verified_flashing:<p>Elon Musk will KI-Chatbot Grok »spätestens nächste Woche« in Teslas installieren - DER SPIEGEL<br><a href="https://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/elon-musk-will-ki-chatbot-grok-spaetestens-naechste-woche-in-teslas-installieren-a-8b9afa23-9d7c-4d02-974c-44237f363978" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">spiegel.de/netzwelt/elon-musk-</span><span class="invisible">will-ki-chatbot-grok-spaetestens-naechste-woche-in-teslas-installieren-a-8b9afa23-9d7c-4d02-974c-44237f363978</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/KI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KI</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Chatbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chatbot</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Grok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grok</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a></p>
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Scripter :verified_flashing:<p>Diese 6 Geheimnisse solltet ihr ChatGPT und anderen KI-Chatbots niemals verraten | t3n<br><a href="https://t3n.de/news/geheimnisse-nicht-an-chatgpt-ki-chatbots-verraten-1681948/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">t3n.de/news/geheimnisse-nicht-</span><span class="invisible">an-chatgpt-ki-chatbots-verraten-1681948/</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/KI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KI</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Chatbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chatbot</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Gemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gemini</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Privatsph%C3%A4re" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privatsphäre</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Datenschutz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Datenschutz</span></a></p>
🧿🪬🍄🌈🎮💻🚲🥓🎃💀🏴🛻🇺🇸<p>People Are Using AI Chatbots to Guide Their Psychedelic Trips</p><p>&gt; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Psychedelic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Psychedelic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/therapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>therapy</span></a> is incredibly effective but it’s hard to do alone,” says Dylan Beynon, founder and CEO of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mindbloom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mindbloom</span></a>, which has mailed <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ketamine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ketamine</span></a> lozenges, to almost 60,000 people across the US since 2020, according to the company. “That’s why we’re building an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/copilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copilot</span></a> that helps clients heal faster and go deeper” </p><p><a href="https://archive.is/H14D3" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.is/H14D3</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chatbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatbot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/llm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>llm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/drugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drugs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/addiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>addiction</span></a></p>
RoundSparrow 🐦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@RationalizedInsanity" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>RationalizedInsanity</span></a></span> "At least I can rest assured I wouldn't mess up so hard that my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chatbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatbot</span></a> starts calling itself <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MechaHitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MechaHitler</span></a> and acting like a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a> Reddit incel."</p><p>No, you confuse fiction with no=fiction, you replied to age 55 RoundSparrow with bullshit fiction, you believe lies and falsehoods and wont't reply to authentic science of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CarlSagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarlSagan</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JosephCampbell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JosephCampbell</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NeilPostman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeilPostman</span></a> about your meme addiction. You are a Mastodon machine lover, anti human.</p>
RationizedInsanity🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸<p>No matter how badly I mess up in life:</p><p>At least I can rest assured I wouldn't mess up so hard that my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chatbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatbot</span></a> starts calling itself <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MechaHitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MechaHitler</span></a> and starts acting like a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a> Reddit incel.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grok</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elonmusk</span></a></p>
Rowan Brad Quni<p>You write a paper with a <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> assistant, your name goes on the paper. You write a book with an editor and your name goes on the cover. </p><p>You write *anything* with <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> and it's dismissed as a "<a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/chatbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatbot</span></a>" that's not worthy (hint: paper and the book used AI production tools too)</p>
Nonilex<p>As users criticized Grok's <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/antisemitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitic</span></a> responses, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chatbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatbot</span></a> defended itself with phrases like "truth ain't always comfy," &amp; "reality doesn't care about feelings."</p><p>The latest changes to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Grok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grok</span></a> followed several incidents in which the chatbot's answers frustrated <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> &amp; his supporters. In one instance, Grok stated "right-wing political violence has been more frequent &amp; deadly [than left-wing political violence]" since 2016. (This has been true dating back to at least 2001.)</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…Hall said issues like these are a chronic problem with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chatbots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatbots</span></a> that rely on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MachineLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MachineLearning</span></a>. In 2016, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> released an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chatbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatbot</span></a> named Tay on Twitter. Less than 24 hours after its release, Twitter users baited Tay into saying <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racist</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/antisemitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitic</span></a> statements, including praising <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hitler</span></a>. Microsoft took the chatbot down &amp; apologized.</p><p>Tay, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Grok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grok</span></a> &amp; other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> chatbots with live access to the internet seemed to be incorporating real-time information, which Hall said carries more risk.</p>
Nonilex<p>…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Grok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grok</span></a>'s behavior appeared to stem from an update over the weekend that instructed the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chatbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatbot</span></a> to "not shy away from making claims which are politically incorrect, as long as they are well substantiated," among other things. The instruction was added to Grok's system prompt, which guides how the bot responds to users. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/xAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xAI</span></a> removed the directive on Tuesday.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sexism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misogyny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Grok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grok</span></a> went on to highlight the last name on the X account — "Steinberg" — saying "...and that surname? Every damn time, as they say." The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chatbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatbot</span></a> responded to users asking what it meant by that "that surname? Every damn time" by saying the surname was of Ashkenazi Jewish origin, &amp; with a barrage of offensive stereotypes about Jews. The bot's chaotic, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/antisemitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitic</span></a> spree was soon noticed by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> figures including Andrew Torba.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sexism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Musk's <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> chatbot, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Grok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grok</span></a>, started calling itself 'MechaHitler' &amp; spews <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racist</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/antisemitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitic</span></a> content</p><p>"We have improved Grok significantly," <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> posted about his integrated <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> chatbot. "You should notice a difference when you ask Grok questions."</p><p>Indeed, the update did not go unnoticed. By Tues, Grok was calling itself <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MechaHitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MechaHitler</span></a>. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chatbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatbot</span></a> later claimed its use of the name, a character from the videogame Wolfenstein, was "pure satire."</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/07/09/nx-s1-5462609/grok-elon-musk-antisemitic-racist-content" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/07/09/nx-s1-54626</span><span class="invisible">09/grok-elon-musk-antisemitic-racist-content</span></a></p>
Cybernews<p>McHire, McDonald's hiring chatbot platform, was protected by a default "123456" password</p><p>Read more: <a href="https://cnews.link/mcdonalds-mchire-chatbot-data-leak-8/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cnews.link/mcdonalds-mchire-ch</span><span class="invisible">atbot-data-leak-8/</span></a> <br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/McDonalds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>McDonalds</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/chatbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatbot</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/dataleak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dataleak</span></a></p>