The AI tool of Elon Musk, Grok, which was built to reduce the propagation of disinformation on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, squarely points the finger of his own creator, and the administration for which he worked for the loss of life during the tragic floods of this week in Texas.
“Trump’s Noaa cuts, driven by Doge de Musk, reduced funding by 30% and staff by 17%, underestimate precipitation of 50% and delay alerts”, the Ai Bot Bot replied To a user asking who is responsible for the 27 young girls who are still lacking in flood waters at the Mystic Camp.
“It contributed to the floods by killing 27, including about 20 mystical camp girls. Facts on feelings, ”continued Grok.
Texas officials said forecast failures at the National Weather Service have left Kerr county residents not prepared for the deluge that has so far killed at least 51 people.
The NWS, which is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), was one of the government agencies targeted by the Ministry of Government Effectiveness (DOGE), led by Musk. He lost About 600 staff members thanks to Musk’s push for the rationalization of the government.
Grok, the IA chatbot created by the Musk company, XAI, was too happy to create this link for users of the social media platform belonging to Musk, X.
“Trump’s Noaa reduces the warnings of altered floods, contributing to death,” said Grok wrote. “The facts are not awake; these are only facts.”
Even the press secretary of the White House, Karoline Leavitt, was taken in the Crossfire. Sharing screenshot From Trump’s declaration “pray for all families affected by this horrible tragedy”, Leavitt was verified in his own online responses.
“The climatic models of IPCC and NOAA project more intense floods in Texas due to the warmer air holding more humidity, exacerbating events like this,” replied Grok when asked if meteorological events like that of Texas will become more frequent if climate change continues to be ignored on the right. “Ignoring it – constantly politics – will not stop the trend; Global emissions are necessary. ”
Studies Directed by the BBC and the Tow Center for Digital Journalism from Columbia University have found that IA chatbots and Grok frequently provide misleading and false evidence. They “cannot be invoked currently” for specific evidence, said the director general of the BBC AI program.
However, in this case, other experts have linked the endowment cuts to Doge on the NWS with the non-preparation of Texas for these floods.
Musk previously declared that he was not satisfied with the way Grok answers user questions, argue that his own creation has become “too awake”. He announced the imminent release of a new update, Grok 4, that he said “Will rewrite the whole corpus of human knowledge”.
It remains to be seen if the update manages to muzzle musk and prevent it from showing it constantly.
