AI-powered chatbots created by Meta, Google and OpenAI aren't "packaging up" information in a neutral way, but are instead passing data through a "set of filters and values that are built into the system," Mulligan said. Grok's breakdown offers a window into how easily any of these systems can be altered to meet an individual or group's agenda.

Earlier this week, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence bot, called Grok, began answering entirely unrelated questions on X with a discussion of “white genocide” in Musk’s native South Africa.