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Elon Musk says X’s algorithm pushes “too much negativity" while reports suggest the platform will suppress "criticism of the government" and "attacks against powerful people and institutions" (www.theverge.com)

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Musk posted last night that the platform’s algorithm will soon “promote more informational/entertaining content” in order to “maximize unregretted user-seconds.” In response to Musk changing the X algorithm, people asked Grok what is considered "negative" and were told as reported by user Leah McElrath:

• Criticism of the government

• Commentary about misinformation

• Suggestion the public is being manipulated

• Attacks against powerful people or institutions

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Talk about lazy journalism. Apparently Grok AI is now treated as the official spokesperson for Twitter.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I was wondering who the hell this Grok person was. I was thinking about what an unfortunate name for a person! No surprise that it’s actually a product and [probably] directly named by an immature billionaire edgelord.

To be clear, I know he didn’t invent the name. But if someone’s parents named them ‘Grok’ I’d understand if they went for a name change.