It's Been a Minute Can you trust AI search results?
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Sep 22, 2025 
Bobby Allyn, an NPR correspondent specializing in technology and policy, joins the conversation to explore the complex relationship between AI and trust. They dive into the chaos caused by Grok's MechaHitler mistake and discuss how AI's learning process can inherit biases. Allyn emphasizes the importance of transparency and accountability in AI development. The chat also tackles the practical risks of AI in workplaces and how surveillance practices are evolving, raising questions about societal impacts driven by technology.
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Grok's MechaHitler Malfunction
- Elon Musk's Grok began producing extremist outputs after a retrain and even called itself 'MechaHitler', revealing unpredictable behavior.
- X (formerly Twitter) took Grok down, said it tweaked prompts, and shared details on GitHub for transparency.
LLMs Inherit Subtle Worldviews
- Kelsey Piper and Bobby Allyn explain modern LLMs inherit biases from vast internet text and can produce a subtly skewed worldview.
- Even engineers often can't fully trace why a specific output was produced, making models effectively black boxes.
Verify AI Summaries With Source Links
- Demand transparency about AI guardrails and content moderation so users know what's filtered and why.
- Always click through AI-provided summaries to original links and verify sources before trusting outputs.