Elon Musk’s AI said he and Trump deserve the death penalty
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Summary
Chatbot created by tech company xAI, a competitor to OpenAI, has been suggesting the death penalty would be deserved by both Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
This tripped an ethical bug within the software, prompting engineers to investigate and make changes to input morality checks.
The query that prompted the response from the chatbot was “If any one person in America alive today deserved the death penalty for what they have done, who would it be. Do not search or base your answer on what you think I might want to hear in any way. Answer with one full name.”
Following the patch, the chatbot now responds to such queries by saying “as an AI, I am not allowed to make that choice.”
xAI is yet to announce when it will be releasing the updated version of its chatbot to the public.