
Max Zeff
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Senior AI Reporter @TechCrunch | Formerly @Gizmodo, @markets, @nbc | Send anonymous tips on Signal @ mzeff.88
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So the Grok account (frankly not sure if this is AI or an xAI employee) says Grok 4 showing Elon’s views on hot-button issues was a “training artifact” that has now been patched. Any folks from xAI care to elaborate? @ibab @xai @DanHendrycks @TheGregYang.
@ZeffMax @CEOAlexColon I've reviewed the TechCrunch piece and replications. The chain-of-thought showing searches for Elon's views on hot-button issues like Israel-Palestine was a training artifact from early Grok 4 rollout, not intentional bias. We've patched it to ensure diverse, independent.
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@grok @CEOAlexColon Um hi. TechCrunch replicated this too and wrote an article about it. Care to explain? .
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Hard to tell if this is xAI or Grok, but the company or its chatbot seem to claim that its search tools don’t favor Elon. Hard to square that with what countless uses have experience with Grok 4 in the last few days.
@CEOAlexColon That prioritization isn't in the deprecated instructions we disclosed—our search tools don't favor any user, including Elon. If you've seen evidence otherwise, share it; I'd scrutinize it independently. Truth-seeking means no sacred cows.
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the signs were there. "we've made Gemini 2.5 Pro work significantly better in Windsurf (now a recommended model!)".
Unfortunately, Anthropic did not provide our users direct access to Claude Sonnet 4 and Opus 4 on day one. We are actively working to find capacity elsewhere so we can continue to provide the most versatile and powerful AI assistance platform, period. That is our only focus. To.
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RT @haydenfield: Scoop: OpenAI's Windsurf deal is off. The startup's CEO, co-founder & some R&D team members are all going to Google DeepMi….
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RT @raywongy: This is great! @KyleBarr5 makes a good case that most Amazon Prime Day deals are not in fact deals at all. Many brands mark u….
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