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Key Takeaways Grok sparked global outrage after producing antisemitic and offensive content due to weak safety controls.Despite the controversy, xAI secured a $ ...

SpaceX has agreed to invest $2 billion in Elon Musk 's artificial intelligence company xAI. The investment makes up nearly ...

AI safety researchers from OpenAI, Anthropic, and nonprofit organizations are speaking out publicly against the “reckless” ...

One of the new “companions,” or AI characters for users to interact with, is a sexualized blonde anime bot called “Ani." ...

Elon Musk's xAI is reportedly offering lucrative salaries to engineers for developing AI companions, despite recent ...

Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, has sparked controversy with the launch of two new "companion" chatbots, Ani and Bad Rudy ...

On Monday, the Department of Defense announced that it had signed similar agreements, also with ceilings of $200 million, with industry leaders including Google, Anthropic, and ...

Elon Musk's xAI is hiring engineers at up to $440K to develop anime-style AI avatars for Grok, some of which have sparked ...

Technology Technology   The Big Story Grok drama raises questions about AI regulation Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI ...

Elon Musk's xAI startup is swimming in controversy after launching Grok 4, the latest version of its snarky AI chatbot. Last ...

Grok’s responses must come from ‘independent analysis,’ not Musk’s stated beliefs. xAI has offered a couple more fixes for ...