Elon Musk's Criticism of 'Woke AI' Suggests ChatGPT Could Be a Trump Administration Target

Elon Musk just dragged ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence programs into the Trump crosshairs by repeating his warning that current AI models are too "woke" and "politically correct." "A lot of the AIs that are being trained in the San Francisco Bay Area, they take on the philosophy of people around them," Musk said at the Future Investment Initiative, a Saudi Arabia government–backed event held in Riyadh this week. "So you have a woke, nihilistic--in my opinion--philosophy that is being built into these AIs." Although Musk is himself a polarizing figure, he is right about AI systems harboring political biases. The issue, however, is far from one-sided, and Musk's framing may help further his own interests due to his ties to Trump.