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XAI says "unauthorized" prompt change caused Grok to focus on "white genocide"

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/05/groks-white-genocide-obsession-came-from-unauthorized-prompt-edit-xai-says/
15•johnecheck•8h ago

Comments

rbanffy•8h ago
"unauthorized". We all believe that.
inverted_flag•8h ago
This was a clumsy attempt, but it shows that AI companies can and will use their AIs to mass influence public opinion.
juenfift•8h ago
Well rather, this was the action's of one man.

But yes, your point still stands.

rbanffy•5h ago
We all know that specific man will do whatever he can to influence public opinion.
ChrisArchitect•8h ago
Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44001190

more discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44004250

dcchambers•7h ago
The trust is already broken. They can claim they will open source the system prompt all they want but there's no point in believing what they say. Elon clearly does what Elon wants to do.

Soviet Refugee Igor Tulchinsky Became a Hedge Fund Billionaire

https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnhyatt/2025/05/16/this-billionaire-quant-is-turbocharging-his-trading-models-with-chatgpt-style-ai/
1•walterbell•40s ago•0 comments

Is there anything similar to xcancel or nitter but for Bluesky?

1•ranoutofnames•2m ago•0 comments

It's Not Just a Feeling: Data Shows Boys and Young Men Are Falling Behind

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/upshot/boys-falling-behind-data.html
1•jnord•3m ago•0 comments

Constrained Random Walks

https://github.com/ivanbelenky/pywalker
1•ivanbelenky•4m ago•0 comments

MIT Says It No Longer Stands Behind Student's AI Research Paper

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/mit-says-it-no-longer-stands-behind-student-s-ai-research-paper/ar-AA1EUFwO
2•jnord•4m ago•0 comments

(How) I Use Amp

https://ampcode.com/how-i-use-amp
1•handfuloflight•5m ago•0 comments

Supplements

https://near.blog/supplements/
1•bilsbie•13m ago•0 comments

Phone scammers pretending to be 'from Amazon' trick woman out of $1M

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/phone-scammers-pretending-to-be-from-amazon-trick-woman-out-of-1m/
1•rwc9•13m ago•0 comments

Nintendo's May 2025 Policy Updates

https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Nintendo%27s_May_2025_Policy_Updates
1•raybb•14m ago•0 comments

The Collapse of GPT

https://cacm.acm.org/news/the-collapse-of-gpt/
10•pseudolus•26m ago•2 comments

Pallene: A statically typed ahead-of-time compiled sister language to Lua, with

https://github.com/pallene-lang/pallene
3•todsacerdoti•27m ago•0 comments

The Connoisseur of Desire

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2025/05/29/the-connoisseur-of-desire-the-annotated-great-gatsby/
4•samclemens•30m ago•0 comments

AI job alerts that match your skills

https://jobsphere.onboardai.net/
2•Gurnoorsb•33m ago•2 comments

They Were Identical 'Twinnies' Who Charmed Orwell, Camus and More

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/books/review/the-dazzling-paget-sisters-ariane-bankes.html
8•lermontov•34m ago•1 comments

AI Food Detection and Free Calorie Counter App by Recipe

https://whatthefood.io
1•OdehAhwal•37m ago•0 comments

Nord Stream 2 Enters Debt Restructuring Deal with Creditors

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Nord-Stream-2-Enters-Debt-Restructuring-Deal-with-Creditors.html
1•PaulHoule•39m ago•0 comments

Better air quality is the easiest way not to die

https://dynomight.net/air/
4•haltingproblem•40m ago•0 comments

Jane Street-Millennium Trade Secrets Fight Ends in Settlement (2024)

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/international/2024/12/05/jane-street-millennium-settle-india-options-trade-secrets-case/
1•walterbell•44m ago•0 comments

TalwarAI: A suite of autonomous security agents

https://test.pypi.org/project/talwarai-beta/
1•handfuloflight•51m ago•0 comments

Apple Says Fortnite for iOS Isn't Blocked Worldwide, Just the U.S.

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/05/16/apple-fortnite-ios-not-blocked-worldwide/
5•smileybarry•56m ago•1 comments

Typograph: Prompt to Font

https://typograph.studio/en
1•handfuloflight•59m ago•0 comments

Harvard bought a Magna Carta copy for $27. It turned out to be an original

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/15/harvard-magna-carta-1300/83643266007/
5•rmason•1h ago•0 comments

Core War

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_War
5•michalpleban•1h ago•0 comments

Reddit is down

3•tom1337•1h ago•2 comments

Yeast-Based LLM Research

1•daly•1h ago•0 comments

Berkshire Hathaway Inc Q4 2024 vs. Q1 2025 13F Holdings Comparison

https://13f.info/13f/000095012325005701-berkshire-hathaway-inc-q1-2025
1•kamaraju•1h ago•0 comments

How to Split Ranges in C++23 and C++26

https://www.cppstories.com/2025/ranges_split_chunk/
2•ibobev•1h ago•0 comments

Leica M10 Battery Teardown and Reverse Engineering

https://tokilabs.co/tech/
1•k2enemy•1h ago•0 comments

The Digital Panopticon Nightmare

https://www.thedissident.news/the-digital-panopticon-nightmare/
4•anigbrowl•1h ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Did anyone else see an avalanche of old email appear in Gmail?

1•DamnInteresting•1h ago•0 comments