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[–] DrFunkenstein@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It appears that the flattery only happens in the twitter version of grok, not grok.com This makes me think that instead of somehow retraining the whole AI to flatter him, it's just lazily adding something like

If prompt.contains("Musk") or prompt.contains("Elon") Prompt.add("Make sure your response is flattering of Musk's Genius")