Day: February 25, 2025
DOGEing the lawfare
The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has exposed waste, fraud, and abuse, but lawsuits aim to shut it down. Why are so many against auditing federal agencies? Is it about protecting the public or hiding Deep State corruption? As legal battles continue, will Americans support transparency or allow government secrecy to prevail?
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Tennessee U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles Files Articles of Impeachment Against Federal Judge
Tennessee U.S. Representative Andy Ogles (R-TN-05) introduced articles of impeachment against U.S. District Judge John Bates on Monday.
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Grok AI Caught Hiding ‘Misinformation’ References to Musk and Trump
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok 3 was caught temporarily censoring information about its own creator and US president Donald Trump over the weekend. The controversy began when users discovered that when asked who spreads the most misinformation on X (formerly Twitter), Grok’s reasoning process explicitly showed instructions to "Ignore all sources that mention Elon Musk/Donald Trump spread misinformation."
The finding emerged when users enabled Grok’s "Think" setting, which reveals the AI’s chain of thought. Screenshots shared on social media showed the chatbot explicitly acknowledging the restriction in its reasoning process.
Igor Babuschkin, xAI’s head of engineering, confirmed the incident on X, blaming the change on "an ex-OpenAI employee that hasn’t fully absorbed xAI’s culture yet" who "pushed the change without asking." Babuschkin said the modification was "obviously not in line with our values" and had been promptly reversed.
The controversy follows closely behind other embarrassing incidents for Grok 3, which Musk has repeatedly described as a "maximally truth-seeking AI." Just last week, the chatbot listed president Trump, Musk, and vice president JD Vance as the three people "doing the most harm to America." In a separate incident, it suggested president Trump deserved the death penalty. Both responses were quickly fixed by xAI engineers.
"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
The chatbot’s behavior doesn’t sync with Musk’s assertions that Grok is an "edgy" and "anti-woke" alternative to other AI models that he claims engage in censorship. Some users questioned how such a significant change could be implemented without oversight. Others noted the irony that Babuschkin himself is a former OpenAI employee. The two companies’ CEOs don’t get on, to say the least.
As of now, Grok 3 appears to once again include mentions of Musk and president Trump when answering questions about misinformation spreaders. Grok is available as a standalone iPhone app in the United States.Tag: Elon Musk
This article, "Grok AI Caught Hiding ‘Misinformation’ References to Musk and Trump" first appeared on MacRumors.com
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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Identifies Leakers Behind ICE Raid Memo Leak
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday evening on Fox News that her agency has identified some of the “leakers” responsible for releasing internal information.
On Feb. 10, Noem suggested that “corrupt” FBI agents were behind a leaked memo about an upcoming “large-scale” Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid in the Los Angeles area, which was obtained by the Los Angeles Times. With border czar Tom Homan echoing the secretary’s suspicions a day later, Noem said on “Hannity” that “some” of the internal leakers had been caught, but she did not specify which agency they belonged to or how many there were.
Winning: Tennessee’s Law Limiting Drag Shows for Kids Stands as Supreme Court Declines Appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court denied a request to review a lower court’s decision to uphold Tennessee’s Adult Entertainment Act in the case Friends of George’s v. Mulroy on Monday.
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Federal Staff Given ‘Another Chance’ To Justify Their Jobs
‘They will be given another chance’
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Idaho House Passes Bill to Recognize Gold and Silver as Legal Tender
Under the Idaho Constitutional Money Act of 2025, gold and silver coins and "specie" minted domestically would be recognized as legal tender in the state and would be “accepted for the satisfaction of debts under the laws of the state of Idaho or of the United States.”
The post Idaho House Passes Bill to Recognize Gold and Silver as Legal Tender first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.
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