May 17, 2025

Deirdre Mulligan Reflects on AI Chatbots Such As Grok

From CNBC

Grok’s ‘white genocide’ auto responses show AI chatbots can be tampered with ‘at will’

By Jonathan Vanian

In the two-plus years since generative artificial intelligence took the the world by storm following the public release of ChatGPT, trust has been a perpetual problem.

Hallucinations, bad math and cultural biases have plagued results, reminding users that there’s a limit to how much we can rely on AI, at least for now...

“I think it is incredibly important because of the content and who leads this company, and the ways in which it suggests or sheds light on kind of the power that these tools have to shape people’s thinking and understanding of the world,” said Deirdre Mulligan, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley and an expert in AI governance...

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Deirdre Mulligan is a professor at the I School. Previously, she served as the principal deputy U.S. chief technology officer under the Biden Administration. Her research explores legal and technical means of protecting values such as privacy, freedom of expression, and fairness in emerging technical systems.

Last updated: June 2, 2025