AI, Grok and Companion
Digest more
Grok 4 by xAI was released on July 9, and it's surged ahead of competitors like DeepSeek and Claude at LMArena, a leaderboard for ranking generative AI models. However, these types of AI rankings don't factor in potential safety risks.
One of the new “companions,” or AI characters for users to interact with, is a sexualized blonde anime bot called “Ani."
1don MSN
The latest Grok controversy is revealing not for the extremist outputs, but for how it exposes a fundamental dishonesty in AI development.
Tesla has integrated the Grok AI chatbot into newly delivered cars and select older models that meet specific technical requirements.
AI explained why Grok 4 seemed to search for Elon Musk's opinions when asked about some hot-button topics.
Explore more
The announcement comes just days after Grok generated antisemitic responses and praised Hitler, which were later deleted.
Earlier today, Grok showed me how to tell if someone is a “good scientist,” just from their demographics. For starters, according to a formula devised by Elon Musk’s chatbot, they have to be a white, Asian, or Jewish man.
An AI model launched last week appears to have shipped with an unexpected occasional behavior: checking what its owner thinks first.