If you ask the new Grok (via grok.com without any custom instructions) for opinions on controversial topics it runs a search on X to see what Elon thinks I know this sounds like a joke but it's not. This genuinely happens: x.com/jeremyphowar...
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Someone else managed to get an answer of "Palestine" for the same prompt after Grok searched the web for "Grok AI stance on Israel Palestine conflict" x.com/wasted_alpha...
Wrote this all up in a whole lot more detail on my blog, including a video of my own recreation and some notes on the Grok system prompt and what might be happening here simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/11/...
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ChatGPT's theory of what happened is similar to yours ... chatgpt.com/share/68724e...
I got quoted a couple of times in this AP story about Grok searching for opinions by Musk apnews.com/article/grok...
Update on this story: xAI have deployed an attempted mitigation by updating their system prompt simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/15/...
This is not a question for an LLM. It's a question for Big Talk. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMOe...