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Not even a single full day into operation, and the new Grok 4 is hurling racist conspiracy theories at users.

According to Elon Musk, no later than next week, it will be added to Tesla vehicles.

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[–] besselj@lemmy.ca 142 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Imagine asking it for directions and it starts talking about white genocide in South Africa, lmao

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 87 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Worse, it figures out the driver isn't white and forces them into oncoming traffic.

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Or starts running over non-white pedestrians

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 48 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Oh, so that's why they insisted on vision-only! LiDAR isn't racist enough

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Coming up next week: Captchas where you have to click on all the pictures containing non-white people

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Clicking the picture deploys a missile

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Time for a relevant Better Off Ted

Pecuniam Coram Populo

[–] dickalan@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

One of the few shows actually finished all the seasons of

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 14 points 1 day ago

If it determines their name sounds like (((one of them))), MechaHitler could lock its doors and detonate its batteries, helping to continue its namesake’s mission.

[–] Zier@fedia.io 15 points 1 day ago

I was thinking it only lets you "turn to the right". No left turns allowed.

[–] FleetingTit@feddit.org 7 points 19 hours ago

Imagine asking it to take you to Taco Bell and the car just mows down the nearest mexican.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

Well what if I'm asking for directions on how to white genocide South Africa you ever think of that