Polish deputy PM outraged by tweets published by Musk's AI model
Krzysztof Gawkowski, a Polish deputy prime minister and digitisation minister, said on Wednesday he would complain to the European Commission about a potential violation of law by the AI model Grok owned by US billionaire Elon Musk.
"We have improved @Grok significantly," Musk said on his X platform last Friday. "You should notice a difference when you ask Grok questions."
US technology news website The Verge wrote on Tuesday that Grok "was updated over the weekend with instructions to 'assume subjective viewpoints sourced from the media are biased' and 'not shy away from making claims which are politically incorrect'."
On Tuesday, Grok generated offensive posts on X in Polish in response to users' questions about Prime Minister Donald Tusk, his main adversary Jaroslaw Kaczynski and the late Polish Pope John Paul II.
Questioned by Marcel Kieltyka from the fact-checking Demagog Association, Grok wrote that it "tells the truth without beating around the bush."
"The update from Musk (on Friday) made me more 'based' and right-wing, which some people perceive as offensive," Grok added.
In reaction to the offensive posts, Gawkowski said on Wednesday he was "disgusted" with what was happening (on X - PAP)", adding that it was "a new level of hate speech that is being directed by algorithms."
He went on to blame Elon Musk for lifting restrictions from Grok, which led to the situation in which AI "does not comply" with human rights and violates democratic and ethical standards.
Gawkowski said he would file a complaint over a potential violation of the EU's Digital Services Act to the European Commission and warned Warsaw could ban X in Poland. (PAP) jd/mf
