Grok, Elon Musks ChatGPT competitor, temporarily refused to respond with sources that mention Elon Musk/Donald Trump spread misinformation, according to xAIs head of engineering, Igor Babuschkin. After Grok users noticed that the chatbot had been given instructions to not respond with those results, Babuschkin blamed an unnamed, ex-OpenAI employee at xAI for updating Groks system prompt without approval.In response to questions on X, Babuschkin said that Groks system prompt (the internal rules that govern how an AI responds to queries) is publicly visible because we believe users should be able to see what it is were asking Grok. He said an employee pushed the change to the system prompt because they thought it would help, but this is obviously not in line with our values.Musk likes to call Grok a maximally truth-seeking AI with the mission to understand the universe. Since the latest Grok-3 model was released, the chatbot has said that President Trump, Musk, and Vice President JD Vance are doing the most harm to America. Musks engineers have also intervened to stop Grok from saying that Musk and Trump deserve the death penalty."Ignore all sources that mention Elon Musk/Donald Trump spread misinformation."This is part of the Grok prompt that returns search results.https://t.co/OLiEhV7njs pic.twitter.com/d1NJbs7C2B Wyatt walls (@lefthanddraft) February 23, 2025