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Controversial AI App Dominates Top Lists – Is It Tempting?

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Controversial AI App Dominates Top Lists – Is It Tempting?

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Controversial AI App Dominates Top Lists - Is It Tempting?Grok‘s growing popularity. Photo: Ole Berg-Rusten / NTB” width=”675″ height=”379″ bad-src=”https://www.cdn.tv2.no/images/18461962.webp?imageId=18461962&x=0.00&y=3.56&cropw=100.00&croph=84.44&width=675&height=379″ fetchpriority=”auto” srcset=”data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhEAAJAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAQAAkAAAIKhI+py+0Po5yUFQA7″/>

Digitization and Administration Minister karianne Tung is critical of Grok’s growing popularity. Photo: Ole Berg-Rusten / NTB

– We already have clear legislation in Norway on both identity theft and defamation. My request is that you report if you are exposed to this, says tung.

Goodwin believes the proposal to ban the app may make sense.

– At least ban parts of the app. You can make demands on Grok about how you want it. If it doesn’t work, I may well agree to make the whole app illegal, says Goodwin.

Political tools

Although the main difference between Grok and other AI services is how few limitations it has, there are also other things to be aware of when choosing an AI service.

– You don’t get such high-quality answers from Grok as you get, for example, from ChatGPT. It’s not as reliable, and it exhibits a tendency towards right-leaning viewpoints, says Goodwin.

He highlights that ChatGPT is also not entirely neutral. While Grok often reflects the right wing of American politics, ChatGPT, according to the professor, may lean

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