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Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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539 points donohoe | 2 comments | 09 Jul 25 14:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.416s | source
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ceejayoz ◴[09 Jul 25 14:59 UTC] No.44510830[source]▶
I guess the Nazi chatbot was the last straw. Amazed she lasted this long, honestly.
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miroljub ◴[09 Jul 25 15:00 UTC] No.44510846[source]▶
What is the Nazi chatbot?
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lode ◴[09 Jul 25 15:02 UTC] No.44510879[source]▶
Grok, the xAI chatbot, went full neo-nazi yesterday:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/09/grok-ai-p...

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Covzire[dead post] ◴[09 Jul 25 15:06 UTC] No.44510923[source]▶
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1. eviks ◴[09 Jul 25 15:29 UTC] No.44511290[source]▶
Is this what happened in reality? Otherwise how is your theory applicable to this case?
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2. thomassmith65 ◴[09 Jul 25 16:30 UTC] No.44511983[source]▶
There's no mystery to it: if one trains a chatbot explicitly to eschew establishment narratives, one persona the bot will develop is that of an edgelord.