Simon Willison
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“don’t want surprises like it turning into ‘mechaHitler’ or deciding to search for what Musk thinks about issues.”
Simon Willison · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-11
Simon Willison commented on concerns software buyers might have regarding unpredictable AI chatbot behavior.
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Associated Press
“But if I’m going to build software on top of it, I need transparency.”
Simon Willison · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-11
Simon Willison explained the need for transparency when building software on top of Grok 4.
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Associated Press
“You can ask it a sort of pointed question that is around controversial topics. And then you can watch it literally do a search on X for what Elon Musk said about this, as part of its research into how it should reply.”
Simon Willison · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-11
Simon Willison described how Grok 4 searches X for Elon Musk's views before answering controversial questions.
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Associated Press
“Grok 4 looks like it’s a very strong model. It’s doing great in all of the benchmarks,”
Simon Willison · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-11
Simon Willison evaluated the benchmark performance of the Grok 4 model.
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Associated Press