Musk pitches a Grok AI bot for kids
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During a project called "Skippy," tutors recorded themselves making facial expressions. It would help "give Grok a face," one engineer said.
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Axios on MSNScoop: Lawmakers press Musk on Grok's antisemitic languageA bipartisan group of lawmakers are demanding answers from Elon Musk after his AI platform, Grok, repeatedly used antisemitic language on X. Why it matters: Congress, which is still trying to figure out how it wants to regulate AI,
Given Grok's expensive new subscription offering, timed alongside the Grok 4 launch, it's not surprising to see that even a smaller increase in the number of paying subscribers could drive Grok's iOS revenue significantly higher.
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Bipartisan Group Of Lawmakers Slams Musk Over Failure To Address Grok's Antisemitic Responses: 'Reckless, Unacceptable'A bipartisan group of lawmakers sent a letter to Elon Musk, condemning him over xAI's failure to take "reasonable measures" against its chatbot's antisemitic responses
Here’s what the xAI chatbot’s handling of the Epstein mania shows about Elon Musk’s AI. T welve days ago, Elon Musk took to his social media platform X to criticize Donald Trump for his administration’s refusal to release more information on its investigation of Jeffrey Epstein;
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We take a deep dive into the advantages and controversies of Grok, and what sets it apart from other generative AI chatbots.
A Florida man is behind bars after firing off a series of violent online threats directed at supposed clients of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
A week after Grok's antisemitic outburst, which included praise of Hitler and a post calling itself "MechaHitler," Elon Musk's xAI has landed a US military contract worth up to $200 million. xAI announced a "Grok for Government" service after getting the contract with the US Department of Defense.
TechCrunch Senior Reporter Rebecca Bellan breaks down Elon Musk’s latest move to bring Grok AI to Tesla vehicles and why the AI is so controversial.
During remarks in Gainesville, the Governor described how he “went to war” with Grok, the AI interface on X. DeSantis said the program didn’t know as much as it should about University of Florida sports and championships won in basketball and football, and was “just saying things that just weren’t accurate” until DeSantis schooled it.
Dozens of xAI employees expressed concerns—and many objected—when asked to record videos of their facial expressions to help "give Grok a face," Business Insider reported. BI reviewed internal documents and Slack messages, finding that the so-called project "Skippy" was designed to help Grok learn what a face is and "interpret human emotions."