第2303期:X Changes AI tool after Pressure to Reduce Misinformation(1)

The social media service X has changed its artificial intelligence (AI) tool after several U.S. states warned that it was spreading election misinformation.
在几个美国州警告其传播选举虚假信息后，社交媒体服务X修改了其人工智能（AI）工具。

Earlier this month, secretaries of state in five states sent the owner of X, Elon Musk, a letter requesting the change to its Grok AI tool.
本月早些时候，五个州的州务卿向X的所有者埃隆·马斯克发了一封信，要求修改其Grok AI工具。

X explains on its Help Center that Grok is designed to be used as an AI search assistant to help users find information online. Such tools are also known as chatbots or generative AI. Grok is only available to paid users of X’s Premium and Premium+ services.
X在其帮助中心解释说，Grok旨在作为AI搜索助手，帮助用户在线查找信息。此类工具也被称为聊天机器人或生成式AI。Grok仅对X的Premium和Premium+服务的付费用户开放。

In their letter, the secretaries of state expressed concern that the Grok tool was returning results that included misinformation about the U.S. presidential election process. The officials said that shortly after President Joe Biden ended his run for re-election, the Grok tool provided false information on state ballot requirements.
在信中，州务卿们表达了对Grok工具返回的结果中包含美国总统选举程序虚假信息的担忧。官员们表示，在乔·拜登总统结束连任竞选后不久，Grok工具提供了关于州选票要求的虚假信息。

The misinformation included a statement that the deadline had passed in several states to make ballot changes for the nation’s presidential election. The secretaries’ wrote that the statement was completely false. In all the states identified by Grok, it was still possible for ballot changes to be made, the letter said.
这些虚假信息包括一条声明，称几个州更改总统选举选票的截止日期已经过了。州务卿们在信中写道，这一声明完全是错误的。信中提到，在Grok识别的所有州，仍然可以进行选票更改。

The ballot changes increased in importance when the Democratic Party chose a new nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, after Biden withdrew.
在拜登退出后，民主党选择了新候选人、副总统卡马拉·哈里斯，这使得选票更改变得更加重要。

Former President Donald Trump is the Republican Party’s nominee.
前总统唐纳德·特朗普是共和党的候选人。

The letter recognized that Grok does warn its users that the AI tool might return false information. And it noted that the tool urges users not to depend completely on Grok for news and information.
信中承认Grok确实警告其用户该AI工具可能会返回虚假信息，并指出该工具敦促用户不要完全依赖Grok获取新闻和信息。

However, the secretaries of state wrote, the false information about ballot deadlines was “captured and shared repeatedly in multiple posts - reaching millions of people.” In addition, they noted, Grok continued to repeat this false information for more than a week until it was corrected on July 31, 2024.”
然而，州务卿们写道，有关选票截止日期的虚假信息“被多次发布在多个帖子中并反复共享——覆盖了数百万人”。此外，他们还指出，Grok继续重复这一虚假信息超过一周，直到2024年7月31日才得到纠正。