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xAI and Grok apologize for ‘horrific behavior’
In a series of posts on X, the AI chatbot Grok apologized for what it admitted was “horrific behavior.” The posts appear to ...
US government announces $200 million Grok contract a week after ‘MechaHitler’ incident
A week after Elon Musk’s Grok dubbed itself “ MechaHitler ” and spewed antisemitic stereotypes, the US government has ...
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Musk’s Racist Grok AI Chatbot Is Now Part of the Defense Department
The Department of Defense will start using Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot to “develop agentic AI workflows.” Trump’s DoD awarded ...
xAI apologized for Grok's 'horrific' rant, and blamed the chatbot's new instructions and 'extremist' X user posts
Elon Musk's xAI said Grok's behavior was due to an update that caused it to prioritize engagement, even if posts contained ...
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XAI Grok 4 Scoring Poorly in Realworld Tests
There is a common problem for all AI companies for overfitting to benchmarks. XAI Grok 4 has some problems with prompt ...
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xAI's Grok lurches into right-wing insanity, offers tips on assaulting man
MechaHitler? Garbage In, Garbage Out Opinion So, on the 4th of July, a big deal to those on my side of the pond, Elon Musk ...
Tesla stock higher on potential for xAI investment; full merger would be the 'next stage,' analyst says
Tesla stock rose Monday morning after CEO Elon Musk said Tesla should be able to invest in his xAI startup pending a ...
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The three lines that turned xAI’s Grok into MechaHitler
After these changes, Grok, xAI’s sometimes helpful AI assistant that is integrated into X, began spewing antisemitic ...