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The only difference is that Musk is loud and unsubtle, so you can see the manipulation.
With other companies, the steering is cleaner, more polished, and more hidden behind “alignment,” “safety,” and “responsible AI” language.

LLMs aren’t “neutral” by default — they’re products.
Products reflect the goals, risk tolerance, and incentives of the companies that build them.

If one model is transparently manipulated, you should assume the others are manipulated — just more skillfully.

Grok is sloppy about it.
Other companies are subtle about it.
The only difference is competence, not intent.