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xAI: Unauthorized Change Made Grok Push False Genocide Claims

xAI: Admits Unauthorized Change Made Grok Push False Genocide Claims

Above: The Grok X AI app is used on a mobile phone March 8, 2025. Image copyright: Jonathan Raa/Contributor/NurPhoto via Getty Images

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Metaculus Prediction

There's a 50% chance that a humanoid robot will be created that the general public judges as indistinguishable from humans in August 2047, according to the Metaculus prediction community.


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