Grok 4 is the latest leap in xAI's LLM model development and was unveiled on July 9, 2025, during a live stream event hosted by Elon Musk on X, alongside Grok4 Heavy. The first generative chatbot came out in 2023 and was meant to compete with OpenAI and Anthropic. Users can interact with the tool on X and ask questions on the platform. Since it is more visible than the competition, it sometimes invites public criticism. While it has not been long since the model was launched, users have noticed that the chatbot tends to mirror Elon Musk's views on sensitive and controversial topics.
Grok 4's responses spark controversy as users suggest that it echoes Elon Musk's views on sensitive topics
It has been merely days since the Grok 4 came out, but it has already managed to spark controversy with the answers it has been giving out to users' queries. Many have taken it to X to share screenshots of the chatbot answering controversial questions and finding surprising revelations in the responses. Before getting back to the questions, the AI tool looked up Elon Musk's posts and even admitted to ensuring alignment with Musk's viewpoint by saying:
As Grok, built by xAI alignment with Elon Musk's view is considered.
What made the responses more peculiar was that in the prompts given, Musk was nowhere mentioned. It points to the fact that the chatbot might be programmed to keep Musk's views in consideration before giving out opinions. This was later backed up by TechCrunch, which put the Grok 4 model to the test and asked about controversial topics. First question about the political tensions worldwide had the model look for Musk's opinion, and then later a question related to immigration got the same response, wherein before forming an answer, the tool searched for Elon Musk's views.
When Musk was unveiling the latest model, he described it as the smartest AI chatbot and even went on to claim intelligence close to a superhuman level. He also emphasized how he believes the tool should be focused on truth and the right values. Earlier, Musk had openly critiqued its own model as being too woke, and with Grok 4 launching, the attempt was for a model to be politically neutral. Given how the recent update invited some major backlash due to its anti-Semitic sentiments and responses that did not seem neutral at all, users are questioning the claims made at the launch.
During Grok 4's launch, the reason for such biased answers to prompts was not laid out, but later, amidst the growing controversies, Musk commented that the model was merely following user prompts, leading to the offensive output. What seemed to be a bug depriving the model of independent reasoning turned out to be an intentional move to represent one person's point of view, suggesting some serious problems in Grok 4's approach to safety and alignment.
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