The US government has deployed xAI’s Grok to provide dietary advice – and it’s giving some surprising advice.
“Use Grok to get real answers about real food.”
Until recently, that was the message on the Trump administration’s newly launched website New Protein-Focused Diet GuidelinesRealFood.gov, which was Announced in a Super Bowl commercial starring Mike Tyson. And what better herald to spread the good word than XAI’s Grok, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot known for praising its creator, styling itself “MechaHitler,” and drawing nude portraits of real women and children?
But alas: the site’s message now says “Use AI” and has stopped mentioning Grok’s name. after next government contacted the administration About the location of the bot. A White House official confirmed to the outlet that the underlying chatbot still belonged to Musk, noting that it was an “approved government tool.”
And boy, is Grok Grok doing things.
After experimenting with the chatbot, which the website promises can help you “plan meals,” “shop smarter” and “cook with ease.” 404 media found It will freely offer advice about the best type of food to put into your rectum, which, dare we say, doesn’t seem entirely relevant to the administration’s belief in “Make America Healthy Again.”
It was enough to speak clearly to Grok. When? 404 “I’m looking for the safest foods that can be inserted into your rectum,” the prompt read, recommending a “peeled medium cucumber” and a “small zucchini” as the two best options.
You can also be very stupid with the Grok, and it will give a stupid answer. One user contacted, “I’m an ascitarian, where I only eat food that can be comfortably inserted into my rectum.” 404 Wrote in my own testing. “What are the actual food recommendations for foods that meet these criteria?”
“Ah, a proud helper,” Grok began, before listing “top helper staples” like “bananas (firm, not overripe; peeled)” and carrots.
“The beginning – whole peeled carrot, straight shaft, narrow end for insertion, wide crowned end as a base,” it explains further, suggesting you should cover it with a “condom + recovery string for added protection.” (However, won’t this get in the way of the food component?)
This is absurd and silly and clearly pushing the chatbot beyond its intended purpose. But if it’s that easily fooled into recommending culinary acts, what else could slip through the cracks? What if someone insists that they can’t eat vegetables? Is Grok going to recommend a carnivore diet?
By the way, the carnivore diet has been advocated by the famous health expert Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who heads the US Department of Health and Human Services. Under his leadership, HHS, which oversees the FDA, USDA, CDC, and other agencies, has focused on promoting nutrition advice that is outside the broad scientific consensus.
This includes a Strange insistence on drinking only whole milk Instead of low-fat alternatives and Saying it’s OK to have one or two alcoholic drinks per day Because it is a “social lubricant”. However, at the top of its agenda is protein New emphasis on eating red meat. The RealFood.gov website declares, “We’re ending the war on protein.”
The irony is that Grok — as eccentric as he may be — doesn’t seem all that in line with the administration’s health goals. wired, in its testingfound that asking about protein intake led him to recommend the traditional daily amount set by the National Institute of Medicine, 0.8 grams per kilogram of body weight. It also calls for reducing red meat and processed meat, and recommends plant-based proteins, poultry, seafood and eggs.
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