We asked Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for his and his staff’s emails with Elon Musk and Musk’s companies.

The governor’s office won’t turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is “not of legitimate concern to the public.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-governor-greg-abbott-elon-musk-emails-foia?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Texas#ElonMusk#Musk#Email #Journalism#FOIA#GregAbbott

…“It’s extraordinary,” said Simon Willison, an independent #AI researcher who’s been testing the tool. “You can ask it a sort of pointed question that is around controversial topics. And then you can watch it literally do a search on X for what #ElonMusk said about this, as part of its research into how it should reply.”

#Grok #tech#MediaLiteracy #bias

The latest version of #ElonMusk’s #AI chatbot #Grok is echoing the views of its billionaire creator, so much so that it will sometimes search online for #Musk’s stance on an issue before offering up an opinion.

The unusual behavior of Grok 4, the AI model that Musk’s company #xAI released late Wednesday, has surprised some experts.

#tech#MediaLiteracy #bias
https://apnews.com/article/grok-4-elon-musk-xai-colossus-14d575fb490c2b679ed3111a1c83f857

Congrats, America. You have a billionaire-funded AI that will spout #antisemitic tropes, praise Adolf Shitler, and regurgitate #ElonMusk's reactionary views on race, gender, and #eugenics. High-tech #neonazism is reshaping social norms in horrifying ways.

https://apnews.com/article/grok-4-elon-musk-xai-colossus-14d575fb490c2b679ed3111a1c83f857