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Grok and Nvidia: Examining This Week's Rollercoaster AI Ride

Irina Raicu, director, internet ethics, quoted by NBC Bay Area.

A very ugly and public display of artificial intelligence’s dark side involving Elon Musk’s “Grok” chatbot on July 8, 2025 highlights one of many ethical challenges for this technology.

"What happened yesterday is just a reminder of the limitation of these tools," says Irina Raicu, director, internet ethics. "If you are going to train a bot on the writings on a platform that is full of antisemitic rants, and you ask it certain questions, you are going to get back antisemitic rants."

 

Irina Raicu, director, internet ethics, quoted by NBC Bay Area.

 

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