This anthropomorphized framing of Grok in the media (claiming that Grok has "apologized") only serves the interests of these tech companies. It gives the appearance that some entity has taken responsibility for what is happening, when in reality no one has. https://www.usermag.co/p/is-anyone-going-to-take-accountability

«Please, pretty please, don't call it slop. Do you have any idea how much money we sunk on this thing? Can you imagine what kind of about-face I'll have to make if this thing tanks for good? Our investors are going to cry so hard when they figure out that we lit their money in fire. So please be kind to this faceless megacorp and don't call it slop.»

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-satya-nadella-ai-slop

Monstrous AI Slop imitating famous people is OUT OF CONTROL on YouTube

It's a horrific scourge. Realistic AI imitations of celebrities, politicians, and more putting words in their mouths that they never said are flooding #YouTube. Sometimes the "Altered or synthetic content" label is visible if you bother to look at the description (which takes extra effort on YT TV interfaces in particular) but the similar warning banner that used to appear for some seconds overlaid on the videos no longer seems to routinely appear.

#Google is creating a monster, and sooner rather than later that monster is likely to turn on its maker.