AI’s chatbot spiraled into chaos after trying to sound more human. The fix reveals just how fragile truth-seeking AI really is.

This is the smartest AI in the world,” Musk said. He did not mention the chatbot’s viral posts praising Hitler and calling itself “MechaHitler.”

This week, Elon Musk unveiled Grok 4, which he called "the world's most powerful AI assistant." The optics were appalling; the same week, the older version of Grok repeatedly attacked Black and Jewish people and declared itself "MechaHitler." It also ...

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 company told workers to download employee tracking software on their personal computers, prompting privacy concerns from some staff.

The latest executive departures also underscore Musk’s complicated relationship with the sales functions at his companies. He’s the ultimate salesman of the future vision. But he tends to churn through sales leaders responsible for moving today’s inventories—whether that’s ad spots or electric sedans.

AI's latest Grok 4 large language model appears to search for owner Elon Musk's opinions before answering sensitive questions about