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AI’s antisemitism problem is bigger than Grok
When Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot began spewing out antisemitic responses to several queries on X last week, some users were shocked.
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Elon Musk Said Grok 4 Was the "Smartest AI in the World," But Its Leaderboard Scores Just Came Out and They Tell a Different Story
While Grok is clearly a fearsome competitor in the arenas of racism and antisemitism, in other words, even its latest release clearly falls short of being the "smartest AI in the world." (This ...
Musk Launches Grok 4 Amid Antisemitism Controversy—Claims It's ‘Smarter Than Almost All Graduate Students’
AI owner Elon Musk made some big claims about Grok’s capability, saying it was “better than PhD level in every subject.” ...
Bacon joins probe into Musk and Grok AI over allegations of antisemitism, ‘deeply alarming messages’
Neb., is among three members of Congress seeking answers from Elon Musk and his xAI Corp. over ‘deeply alarming messages’ ...
Pentagon announces new contract with Musk’s Grok AI just a week after its anti-Semitic turn
In an announcement, Musk’s company, xAI, said it was releasing “Grok for Government,” a form of AI that allows federal, state ...
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Commission meeting with X in wake of Grok AI antisemitism scandal
The social media platform has previously been found to have breached the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA) but has yet to face ...
AI Grok Declaring Itself 'MechaHitler' On X Is Where 'Anti-Woke' Was Always Headed
On Tuesday July 8, X (née Twitter) was forced to switch off the social media platform’s in-built AI, Grok, after it declared ...
xAI debuts powerful Grok 4 AI model, but it's not going to make people forget the antisemitism it spewed on X
The takeaway, at least from a technical standpoint, is that Grok 4 is now firmly in frontier-model territory. That’s a meaningful shift for xAI, which just months ago was primarily known for its ...