Max Reed

Max Reed writes Read Max. It's a Substack newsletter on tech. And he recently wrote about how Twitter's AI, a guy named Grok, became obsessed with white genocide and a South African anti-apartheid song known as Kill the Boar.

Max Reed writes Read Max. It's a Substack newsletter on tech. And he recently wrote about how Twitter's AI, a guy named Grok, became obsessed with white genocide and a South African anti-apartheid song known as Kill the Boar.

Max Reed writes Read Max. It's a Substack newsletter on tech. And he recently wrote about how Twitter's AI, a guy named Grok, became obsessed with white genocide and a South African anti-apartheid song known as Kill the Boar.

So it's probably no accident that Elon Musk's social media platform all of a sudden became weirdly obsessed through AI with South African politics. And I think we'll get to that in a second. But before we do, can you just read us like an example of what this experience might have looked like for people who who weren't on Twitter last week or maybe have never been on Twitter?

So it's probably no accident that Elon Musk's social media platform all of a sudden became weirdly obsessed through AI with South African politics. And I think we'll get to that in a second. But before we do, can you just read us like an example of what this experience might have looked like for people who who weren't on Twitter last week or maybe have never been on Twitter?

So it's probably no accident that Elon Musk's social media platform all of a sudden became weirdly obsessed through AI with South African politics. And I think we'll get to that in a second. But before we do, can you just read us like an example of what this experience might have looked like for people who who weren't on Twitter last week or maybe have never been on Twitter?

Right. What's funny about this, beyond everything, is with regard to South Africa, like no one asked about South Africa.

Right. What's funny about this, beyond everything, is with regard to South Africa, like no one asked about South Africa.

Right. What's funny about this, beyond everything, is with regard to South Africa, like no one asked about South Africa.

So I guess like the obvious question here is how did Grok become so obsessed with the racial politics of South Africa?

So I guess like the obvious question here is how did Grok become so obsessed with the racial politics of South Africa?

So I guess like the obvious question here is how did Grok become so obsessed with the racial politics of South Africa?

Does that just suggest that it was the owner of the company?

Does that just suggest that it was the owner of the company?

Does that just suggest that it was the owner of the company?

Has something like this happened with Grok before? Or is this South Africa situation the first example of it kind of fritzing?

Has something like this happened with Grok before? Or is this South Africa situation the first example of it kind of fritzing?

Has something like this happened with Grok before? Or is this South Africa situation the first example of it kind of fritzing?

Is this an issue with other AIs or is this mostly a Grok thing?

Is this an issue with other AIs or is this mostly a Grok thing?