AI safety researchers from OpenAI, Anthropic, and other organizations are speaking out publicly against the “reckless” and “completely irresponsible” safety culture at xAI, the billion-dollar AI startup owned by Elon Musk. The criticisms follow weeks of scandals at xAI that have overshadowed the company’s technological advances. Last week, the company’s AI chatbot, Grok, spouted antisemitic comments and repeatedly called itself …
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Elon Musk’s Tesla on trial after car on autopilot kills stargazing woman at 70mph
Tesla is going to a rare trial after a woman died after a vehicle on Autopilot sent her 75 feet into the air. 04:49 ET, 15 Jul 2025Updated 16:16 ET, 15 Jul 2025 A lawsuit against Tesla and its driver-assistance technology goes to trial in Florida A rare trial against Elon Musk’s car company has begun over the death of …
Read More »Grok will no longer call itself Hitler or base its opinions on Elon Musk’s, promises xAI
xAI has offered a couple more fixes for “issues” with its Grok AI chatbot, promising it will no longer name itself “Hitler” or base its responses on searches for what xAI head Elon Musk has said. According to an X post earlier today, the chatbot’s latest update sets new instructions that its responses “must stem from your independent analysis, not …
Read More »Elon Musk’s North Star Becomes Increasingly Clear
AI has increasingly become the connective tissue of Musk Inc. In the last week, Elon Musk has shed light on two potential efforts to channel funding into his AI company, xAI, through his broader business empire. Over the weekend, Musk said Tesla shareholders would vote on a potential investment in xAI, after responding to a Wall Street Journal report that …
Read More »Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot melts down – and then wins a military contract | Elon Musk
Hello, and welcome to TechScape. This week, Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, saw its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok go Nazi. Then its CEO resigned. In the past three years of Musk’s ownership of the social network, it feels like X has weathered at least one public crisis per week, more often multiple. Musk’s chatbot melts down, then wins a military …
Read More »Musk’s Grok signs $200m deal with Pentagon just days after antisemitism row
The Pentagon has signed a multi-million dollar deal to begin using Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, as part of a wider rollout of AI tools for government use, the Department of Defence confirmed. Announced on Monday by Musk’s company xAI, the $200m (£149m) contract is part of its “Grok for Government” programme, and aligns with the Trump administration’s push …
Read More »Elon Musk’s AI Chatbot Grok to be Used by Federal Agencies
The government is accelerating adoption of artificial intelligence technology, beginning with the U.S. Department of Defense using Grok, the AI chatbot embedded into X. Elon Musk‘s startup xAI announced on Monday a $200 million government contract as the Defense Department aims to address national security concerns with AI technology. It’s also rolling out what it called “Grok for Government,” a …
Read More »Elon Musk’s Grok is making AI companions, including a goth anime girl
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok has pivoted from antisemitism to anime girl waifus. Musk wrote in an X post on Monday that AI companions are now available in the Grok app for “Super Grok” subscribers who pay $30 per month. According to posts that Musk has shared, it seems that there are at least two available AI companions: Ani, an …
Read More »Defense Department to begin using Grok, Musk’s controversial AI model – The Washington Post
Defense Department to begin using Grok, Musk’s controversial AI model The Washington Post US defense department awards contracts to Google, Musk’s xAI Yahoo Finance Elon Musk’s Controversial Grok AI Lands Contract With Pentagon Newsweek Pentagon Awards Up to $200 Million in Contracts to xAI, OpenAI Bloomberg ‘Grok For Government’: Elon Musk’s xAI Says It’s Secured A Pentagon Contract Forbes Source link
Read More »New Grok AI model surprises experts by checking Elon Musk’s views before answering
Seeking the system prompt Owing to the unknown contents of the data used to train Grok 4 and the random elements thrown into large language model (LLM) outputs to make them seem more expressive, divining the reasons for particular LLM behavior for someone without insider access can be frustrating. But we can use what we know about how LLMs work …
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