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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,
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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.
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.
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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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
One of the new “companions,” or AI characters for users to interact with, is a sexualized blonde anime bot called “Ani."
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.
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.
Grok AI is being used to create porn-like deepfakes of women, including feminist X user Evie.