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> Though Grok has been very generous as an alternate.

I don't need it inserting console.logs and alert popups with holocaust denials and splash screens with fake videos of white genocide in my apps.

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It's just a copy of all other models in terms of functionality. I didn't find anything controversial nor extra-ordinary in it. Image generation sucked.

Some Indian twitterers found a way to get it to utter Hindi profane words, that's probably the most controversial thing I know about it.

Just a few days ago Grok started inserting paragraphs about the contested nature of white genocide in South Africa and the 'kill the boer' chant into almost every response it gave, with the vast majority of prompts having nothing to do with South Africa, white genocide, or boers.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/14/elon-musk...

https://x.com/xai/status/1923183620606619649

Wasn't it Google's models that showed America's founding father's as being black women? They all have their issues. I just want to get things done, before AI just takes over everything.

They are very clearly different and grok is really indefensible (as is anything associated with Musk these days)

Starlink is indefensible?

I'm not going to waste my time looking up sources, but I remember that Starlink actively worked against Ukraine at one point - so yes, indefensible.

Yes stop polluting our skies.

I care much more about text quality in May 2025 than image generation accuracy in Feb 2024. Generated images are not advertised as 'accurate', whatever that even means.

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