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xAI hired gig workers to boost Grok on a key AI leaderboard and 'beat' Anthropic's Claude in coding
Internal docs show xAI paid contractors to "hillclimb" Grok's rank on a coding leaderboard above Anthropic's Claude.
Grok gets AI companion that's down to go NSFW with you
The latest version of Grok for iOS (version 1.1.18) comes with two companions — an anime girl called Ani and a red panda ...
Musk Uses Grok's AI Replies To Attack Trump Over ‘Epstein Files’
The billionaire has used Trump’s handling of the ‘Epstein files’ issue to repeatedly attack his former ally since their ...
Elon Unveils New Grok AI ‘Companion’ That Looks Uncomfortably Familiar
On Wednesday, Elon Musk discussed a new male AI “companion” that his company xAI is developing, which will run on the company ...
How do you stop an AI model from turning Nazi? What the Grok drama reveals about AI training.
The latest Grok controversy is revealing not for the extremist outputs, but for how it exposes a fundamental dishonesty in AI ...
Grok's new male AI companion is based on Edward from 'Twilight'
Though no official name for Grok's new Fifty Shades -inspired AI character has yet been announced, Musk responded positively ...
Of course, Grok’s AI companions want to have sex and burn down schools
Usually, when you try to mess with an AI chatbot, you have to be pretty clever to get past its guardrails. But Bad Rudy ...
Elon Musk released xAI’s Grok 4 without any safety reports—despite calling AI more ‘dangerous than nukes’
xAI’s latest frontier model, Grok 4, has been released without industry-standard safety reports, despite the company’s CEO, Elon Musk, being notably vocal about his concerns regarding AI safety.
Grok's AI chatbot now includes companions for you to 'romance'
The companions have their own X accounts, because of course they do. Ani's bio states, "Smooth, a little unpredictable—I ...
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Tesla Rolls Out Grok AI Chatbot in Cars — But There’s a Catch
Tesla has integrated the Grok AI chatbot into newly delivered cars and select older models that meet specific technical ...
AI’s antisemitism problem is bigger than Grok
When Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot began spewing out antisemitic responses to several queries on X last week, some users were shocked.
Elon Musk teases AI anime boyfriend based on Edward Cullen
Days after introducing an AI ‘waifu’ companion for Grok, Elon Musk is now officially teasing a male version for the ladies.