KevinMD February 4, 2025
In the lead-up to the recently concluded U.S. presidential election, Elon Musk, the celebrity tech billionaire and the world’s’ richest man, officially endorsed Donald Trump. While Musk was full of praise for the former president, Grok, the AI chatbot he owns, had a starkly different perspective. When asked about Trump, it described him as “a convicted felon, conman, rapist, pedophile, fraudster, pathological liar, and wannabe dictator.” Ouch!
While Grok is Mr. Musk’s creation, it certainly has a mind of its own. The tech wizard was visibly embarrassed. While many in Musk’s orbit have championed AI as a transformative technology, an indisputable truth, they seem to have ignored a crucial reality: the very technology we champion can swiftly morph into a...