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CNN3d
Grok’s ‘white genocide’ meltdown nods to the real dangers of the AI arms race
Take Grok, the xAI model that is becoming almost as conspiracy-theory-addled as its creator, Elon Musk. The bot last week devolved into a compulsive South African “white genocide” conspiracy ...
THE WEEK4d
What Elon Musk's Grok AI controversy reveals about chatbots
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, has come under fire for repeatedly spreading far-right conspiracy theories about South Africa and expressing skepticism about facts regarding the ...
Business Insider8d
We asked Grok why it was bringing up 'white genocide' in unrelated X posts. The AI's answers are messy.
X users were getting responses from Grok about "white genocide" under unrelated posts on Wednesday. We asked Grok to explain why it was doing that. Grok first said its creators told it to do so ...
TechCrunch4d
xAI’s Grok 3 comes to Microsoft Azure
Microsoft on Monday became one of the first hyperscalers to provide managed access to Grok, the AI model developed by billionaire Elon Musk’s AI startup, xAI. Available through Microsoft’s ...
The Verge4d
Microsoft is now hosting xAI’s Grok 3 models
I reported in my Notepad newsletter earlier this month that Microsoft was getting ready to host Elon Musk’s Grok AI models, and now it’s official. At Microsoft’s Build developer conference ...
Lifehacker8d
Why Did X’s Grok AI Keep Talking About ‘White Genocide’?
Update 4/16/2025: Last night, xAI, the makers of Grok, issued a statement about the artificial intelligence's temporary focus on "white genocide" in answers to unrelated questions. According to ...
New York Post4d
Microsoft strikes partnership with Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot — despite lawsuit over OpenAI
Elon Musk is in a legal fight with Microsoft but made a friendly virtual appearance at the software giant’s annual technology showcase to reveal that his Grok artificial intelligence chatbot ...
Rolling Stone7d
Grok Pivots From ‘White Genocide’ to Being ‘Skeptical’ About the Holocaust
Elon Musk‘s company xAI has now addressed recent strange behavior from its Grok chatbot, claiming that an “unauthorized modification” caused it to bring up the myth of “white genocide ...