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Elon Musk’s AI Grok Offers Sexualized Anime Bot, Accessible Even in Kid Mode
One of the new “companions,” or AI characters for users to interact with, is a sexualized blonde anime bot called “Ani." ...
Grok 4 leapfrogs Claude and DeepSeek in LLM rankings, despite safety concerns
Grok 4 by xAI was released on July 9, and it's surged ahead of competitors like DeepSeek and Claude at LMArena, a leaderboard ...
Musk’s Grok 4 launches one day after chatbot generated Hitler praise on X
On Wednesday night, Elon Musk unveiled xAI's latest flagship models Grok 4 and Grok 4 Heavy via livestream, just one day ...
Elon Musk trumpets 'smartest AI' at Grok 4 launch after its Nazi meltdown
This is the smartest AI in the world,” Musk said. He did not mention the chatbot’s viral posts praising Hitler and calling ...
Musk Unveils Grok 4 AI Chatbot After Antisemitism Controversy
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI is rolling out Grok 4 just months after releasing its previous iteration, ...
Musk's latest Grok chatbot searches for billionaire mogul's views before answering questions
Built using huge amounts of computing power at a Tennessee data center, Grok is Musk's attempt to outdo rivals such as OpenAI ...
xAI launches Grok 4, right after the AI chatbot spewed hate speech
According to xAI's data, Grok 4 and Grok 4 Heavy essentially beat all other models, including OpenAI's o3, Google's Gemini ...
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xAI Fixes Grok 4 After It Posts Offensive Messages, Spouts Musk's Views
Elon Musk's xAI startup is swimming in controversy after launching Grok 4, the latest version of its snarky AI chatbot. Last ...
Grok 4 just revealed a $300 a month plan — here's what it includes
YouTuber Ray Fernando took the dive and bought the $300 plan, testing its performance and comparing it to OpenAI’s nearest plan. He found its performance was impressive, pumping out long, detailed ...
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 "controversial opinions." ...
Elon Musk releases Grok 4 a day after it made antisemitic comments about Camp Mystic during Texas floods
Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok made antisemitic comments after a post about Camp Mystic during the Central Texas floods went ...