The whole grok white genocide thing*, to me, is a stellar example of why conversations about AI fairness and model de-biasing cannot live exclusively in academia. It's rare that the ego and power struggles that shape technologies are laid *this* bare, and I hope it serves as a reminder that this is happening in far more quietly and insidiously all the time!! *ICYMI:

WIRED

Elon Musk’s Grok AI Can’t Stop Talking About ‘White Genocide’

In response to X user queries about everything from sports to Medicaid cuts, the xAI chatbot inserted unrelated information about “white genocide...