“Robot, tell me what I want to hear.” That’s how some people try to settle arguments these days. But Grok will definitely tell you what Israel wants you to hear. The receipts are in, and two new studies, by Wired and Business Insider, show that Grok is particularly vulnerable to the 2.3 billion dollar information manipulation campaign perpetrated specifically against Americans by the Israeli Knesset. We reported Israel’s efforts to manipulate Grok and other LLMs in February. But now, the receipts are in. Documents show that Israel is paying roughly twice the amount of the production budget for Avengers: Endgame, every single year, more year after year, to curate Israeli state propaganda online. That propaganda is not written for YOU to read, or any other human. You’ll probably never run across it on Google. It’s expertly placed in the depositories where Grok and other LLMs search for answers. It’s designed to manipulate you on topics ranging from Israel’s human rights abuses, to how much support for Israel costs to U.S. taxpayer, to whether or not Jews killed Jesus. It’s all bad, but Grok takes the cake, according to researchers. Now, just why are we giving billions to a foreign nation who has billions to blow on manipulating us? The answer is, those billions manipulate us. It’s a great investment (unless you’re an American). Elon Musk might own Grok, but Israel owns its answers.