Earlier this month, five Secretaries of State sent a letter to Twitter destroyer Elon Musk regarding using the AI tool Grok to spread election misinformation.
The election officials from Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Washington told Musk in the letter that Grok "produced false information about state ballot deadlines shortly after President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race."
Musk, who's got the mentality of a grade school bully having too much fun disrupting the class, has used Grok to share AI-generated imagery with his 195 million followers, most of which included violent, offensive, and sexually suggestive content.
Aside from deep fake depictions of Taylor Swift endorsing Donald Trump and Mickey Mouse wearing a Nazi uniform, Musk has shared generated images of Donald Trump piloting a helicopter as the World Trade Center buildings burn in the background.
Musk also had Grok create images where Kamala Harris wore a bikini and Donald Duck used heroin. Despite complaints from millions of users, Musk posted that “Grok is the most fun AI in the world!”
Sure it is, Sissy SpaceX.
But the fun's over now for Apartheid Clyde.
Musk has been forced to comply with the election officials' demands, and as of August 27th, the AI program for Grok has been changed to include a disclaimer on posts about the election.
Now any images or statements generated by Grok regarding the election will have a disclaimer attached at the end which reads:
"For accurate and updated information about the 2024 election, please visit vote.gov"
It's a start.