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highplainsdem

(59,639 posts) Thu Dec 11, 2025, 06:13 PM Dec 11

El Salvador teams up with Elon Musk's xAI to bring AI to 5,000 public schools

Source: AP via Seattle Times

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said Thursday that his administration is partnering with Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI to bring artificial intelligence into more than 5,000 public schools.

The millennial leader, who previously made El Salvador the first nation to make bitcoin legal tender in 2021, is betting big on technology again.

In a statement Thursday, xAI said that its Grok chatbot will bring “personalized learning to over one million students” by creating tutoring “that adjusts to each student’s pace, preferences, and mastery level — ensuring every child, from urban centers to rural communities, receives world-class education tailored to their needs.”

Bukele said in the statement that El Salvador would be “pioneering AI-driven education.”

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Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/business/technology/el-salvador-teams-up-with-elon-musks-xai-to-bring-ai-to-5000-public-schools/

So evil, right-wing, prison-peddling Bukele is teaming up with Musk to put his batshit chatbot in El Salvadoran schools to indoctrinate the kids.

This is the second page of the official El Salvadoran announcement:

"Engineered as a maximally truth-seeking AI companion, Grok delivers insightful answers prioritizing truth and objectivity."

Bullshit. Grok will deliver whatever RW propaganda Musk and Bukele want delivered.

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El Salvador teams up with Elon Musk's xAI to bring AI to 5,000 public schools (Original Post) highplainsdem Dec 11 OP

Let me guess, 'Fair And Balanced' education? speak easy Dec 11 #1

Yep. And Grok will be there to argue against anything liberal the teachers might say. And maybe highplainsdem Dec 11 #3

That's what I don't get - that people do not understand or care that AI keeps record of every chat speak easy Dec 11 #5

People can be very foolish about AI when they find it in any way useful or amusing. That's why highplainsdem Dec 11 #6

Open AI started to put tailored ads in the 'free' tier speak easy Dec 11 #7

There will be a lot of nudges that the brainwashed AI users won't realize are manipulation. highplainsdem Dec 11 #8

They keep a record so you can pull it up, but you can delete it Polybius Dec 11 #9

Is it still there if it's deleted? I'm guessing yes. speak easy Dec 11 #11

sounds like a trump clone to me...and ai will channel the bukele agenda under the guise of education nt msongs Dec 11 #2

I'm sure Trump would love to have RW chatbots in every American classroom. highplainsdem Dec 11 #4

What a disaster. valleyrogue Dec 11 #10

A country's entire... 2naSalit Dec 12 #12

Nosotros somos el Borg. eppur_se_muova Dec 12 #13

speak easy

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1. Let me guess, 'Fair And Balanced' education?

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Dec 11, 2025, 06:17 PM

Dec 11

highplainsdem

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3. Yep. And Grok will be there to argue against anything liberal the teachers might say. And maybe

Reply to speak easy (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 11, 2025, 06:25 PM

Dec 11

report them to Bukele, because AI's so good at surveillance.

speak easy

(12,594 posts)

5. That's what I don't get - that people do not understand or care that AI keeps record of every chat

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 11, 2025, 07:06 PM

Dec 11

so it's perfect for monetisation and surveillance. And with all the Federal data that Musk has hoovered up he is well placed to manipulate elections. Nobody seems to care. This time round I expect him to demand money for his 'expertise.'

highplainsdem

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6. People can be very foolish about AI when they find it in any way useful or amusing. That's why

Reply to speak easy (Reply #5)

Thu Dec 11, 2025, 07:16 PM

Dec 11

these tools have been released for free or almost free, though AI companies plan on steep price increases in the future, once they have the suckers hooked.