Meta Says Its Latest AI Model Is Less Woke, More Like Elon’s Grok

Meta says that its latest AI model, Llama 4, is less politically biased than its predecessors. The company says it has accomplished this in part by permitting the model to answer more politically divisive questions, and added that Llama 4 now compares favorably to the lack of political lean present in Grok, the “non-woke” chatbot from Elon Musk’s startup xAI. “Our goal is to remove bias from our AI models and to make sure that Llama can understand and articulate both sides of a contentious issue,” Meta continues. “As part of this work, we’re continuing to make Llama more responsive so that it answers questions, can respond to a variety of different viewpoints without passing judgment, and doesn’t favor some views over others.” One concern raised by skeptics of large models developed by a few companies is the type of control over the information sphere it can produce. He who controls the AI models essentially can control the information people receive, moving the dials in whichever wa ... Read full article.