Apple, "1984": "Today, we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives. We have created, for the first time in all history, a garden of pure ideology. Where each worker may bloom secure from the pests of contradictory and confusing truths. Our Unification of Thoughts is more powerful a weapon than any fleet or army on earth. We are one people, with one will, one resolve, one cause. Our enemies shall talk themselves to death and we will bury them with their own confusion. We shall prevail!"[2]

[1] https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1936333964693885089?s=46

[2] https://archive.org/details/1983-30sec

Though for some people if the "robot" says bigoted things or supports their conspiracy theory of choice that's just "proof" that their viewpoint is correct. Tricky to navigate that problem.

The first half of the article is all about 'new' Grok responses made in the past day or so, with the implication these all follow on from the new Grok announcement.

The old tweets are in the last half and specifically refer to Grok responses to similar topics in the past for comparison.

Regardless of the article quality or bias the format (new responses versus old) is pretty typical and as expected .. how else does one write about a comparison of old V. new without reference to old?

We should probably evaluate LLMs based on how accurate their answers are, not which political direction they lean.

> Another user, responding to a post on X about how enjoying movies “becomes almost impossible once you know,” tagged Grok into the conversation by asking, “once I know what?”

> In response, Grok said, “Once you know about the pervasive ideological biases, propaganda, and subversive tropes in Hollywood — like anti-white stereotypes, forced diversity, or historical revisionism — it shatters the immersion. Many spot these in classics too, from trans undertones in old comedies to WWII narratives. Ruins the magic for some.”