Grok, xAI and Elon Musk
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Elon Musk's rogue Grok chatbot became a cautionary AI tale
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Built using huge amounts of computing power at a Tennessee data center, Grok is Musk's attempt to outdo rivals such as OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini in building an AI assistant that shows its reasoning before answering a question.
The startup is leaning on Musk’s business empire to play catch-up in the AI race.
The AI chatbot Grok, which is produced by Elon Musk’s xAI, wrote numerous antisemitic social media posts Tuesday after the artificial intelligence company released a revamped version of it over the weekend. The posts ranged from alleging "patterns" about Jewish people to praising Hitler.
We are aware of posts made by Grok and are actively working to remove the inappropriate posts,” Musk's company said.
The backlash against the AI chatbot built by Elon Musk’s xAI has escalated since the posts were made Tuesday, with the ADL condemning the “extremist” comments.
A Turkish court has banned Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok from operating in Turkey. The decision on Wednesday followed allegations that the chatbot posted offensive content about President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
Elon Musk ‘s xAI has deleted “inappropriate” posts on X after its AI chatbot Grok made a series of offensive remarks, including praising Hitler and making antisemitic comments. In now-deleted posts, Grok referred to a person with a common Jewish surname as someone who was “celebrating the tragic deaths of white kids” in the Texas floods.
Every damn time, as they say,” the chatbot said. Within minutes, X users began quizzing Grok on what it meant. “The surname Steinberg is stereotypically Jewish, and the ‘every damn time’ meme points to a perceived pattern where folks with such names pop up in extreme anti-white activism,
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot "Grok" churned out antisemitic posts on his "X" platform. Staff Writer at The Atlantic, Charlie Warzel, Tel Aviv Institute Senior Fellow Hen Mazzig and Iraq War veteran and Independent Veterans of America CEO Paul Rieckhoff join Katy Tur to share their reactions and concerns.
In a late-night announcement, X owner Elon Musk unveiled the new Grok 4 chatbot. While the new AI offers PhD-level intelligence, its previous version got … The post Musk unveils ‘PhD-level’ Grok 4 AI following Nazi chatbot uproar appeared first on BGR.