Elon Musk, Grok and AI chatbot
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After Grok took a hard turn toward antisemitic earlier this week, many are probably left wondering how something like that could even happen.
On Tuesday July 8, X (née Twitter) was forced to switch off the social media platform’s in-built AI, Grok, after it declared itself to be a robot version of Hitler, spewing antisemitic hate and racist conspiracy theories. This followed X owner Elon Musk’s declaration over the weekend that he was insisting Grok be less “politically correct.”
MechaHitler is a fictional cyborg version of Adolf Hitler from the 1992 game Wolfenstein 3D, which gained fame in 90s satire and early internet memes.
Linda Yaccarino has announced that she is stepping down as the CEO of Elon Musk’s X after two years at the helm of the social media platform, previously known as Twitter.
TechnologyAdvice's Grant Harvey provides a deep dive on Grok 4, the "new" model from Elon Musk's AI company xAI.
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AI owner Elon Musk made some big claims about Grok’s capability, saying it was “better than PhD level in every subject.”
The billionaire rolled out the latest update on Grok after the previous model produced antisemitic rhetoric and graphic fantasies of sexual assault