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Elon Musk has told SpaceX employees that Grok will be trained on internal company data, including staff contributions, in a push to build human-aligned AI systems.

Elon Musk has told SpaceX employees that the company plans to train its Grok AI model on internal corporate data, including staff communications and workplace contributions. Speaking at a company-wide town hall, Musk said the effort was aimed at instilling human-aligned values into future AI systems by drawing on data generated by SpaceX's aerospace workforce. This is similar to what Meta had imposed earlier on its staff, and had suffered major backlash because of it.

Musk frames employees as Grok's 'parents'

SpaceX posted a 30-minute all-hands recording to X on Tuesday, in which Musk discussed the company's plans for Grok. He told employees that Grok would be trained on internal SpaceX data, telling staff, "In a way, it will be trained on you," and adding that they should think of themselves as the AI's parents. Musk went on to say that the model would inherit their thoughts, ideas and beliefs as a result, and described this as a positive outcome for the development of the system.

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