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BIZARRE: 21 - What They Never Told You

Elon Musk released xAI’s Grok 4 without any safety reports—despite calling AI more ‘dangerous than nukes’

Samuel Marks, an AI safety researcher at Anthropic, called the lack of safety reporting from xAI "reckless".

Fortune

I tried Grok’s new companion feature — and I’ve never felt so uncomfortable

Grok's newest feature includes an AI girlfriend and a weird Red Panda to chat with.

Tom’s Guide

Elon Musk's New 'Ani' AI Avatar Incepts $70 Million Meme Coin On Solana

Elon Musk has named xAI's new AI companion "Ani," triggering a new meme coin frenzy around the latest update of Grok, Grok 4.

Benzinga

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Elon Musk's 'AI Girlfriend' Sparks Outrage: Grok App Offers Explicit Chatbot Ani to Users as Young as 12

Packaged inside the Grok app, Ani is styled as a 22-year-old 'anime girlfriend' capable of initiating sexually explicit conversations and responding in a 'sultry' voice.

International Business Times UK

Elon Musk's xAI Faces Industry Backlash Over 'Reckless' AI Safety Practices As Regulatory Scrutiny Intensifies

Artificial intelligence safety researchers from OpenAI and Anthropic are publicly criticizing Elon Musk‘s xAI for what they call “completely irresponsible” safety practices, raising potential regulatory and enterprise adoption concerns for the billion-dollar startup.

Benzinga

Musk’s AI launches two animated ‘companions’

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The Independent UK

A leaked xAI security key could put your data at risk — here’s what happened

A government employee reportedly leaked a private xAI key, raising serious questions about AI security and user data protection.

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Elon Musk's SpaceX Commits $2 Billion To xAI In $5 Billion Round As AI Startup Hits $113 Billion Valuation Amid Controversy

SpaceX has agreed to invest $2 billion in Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI. The investment makes up nearly half of the company's recent $5 billion equity round, according to investors cited by The Wall Street Journal.

Benzinga

Elon Musk's xAI Is Hiring Engineers To Build 'Waifu' Avatars For Grok AI — Salary Up To $440K

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, is offering a lucrative sum of money to engineers who can develop AI anime girl avatars as part of the company's artificial intelligence model, Grok's companion feature.

Benzinga

AI chatbots are changing how we access paywalled news — here’s how that affects you

AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Perplexity are helping users access paywalled content without clicking through. Here’s how it works and how readers are affected.

Tom’s Guide

Elon Musk's 'Muskonomy' Strategy Could Take A 'Toll' On Tesla, Potentially Delaying Innovation, Warn Experts

Elon Musk‘s strategy to leverage resources across his business empire, including Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA), SpaceX, and xAI, has sparked investor concerns, particularly after a recent controversy involving chatbot Grok.

Benzinga

Lucid CEO Warns New Cars Are About To Get More Expensive: 'No Other Way Around It'

Today on Critical Materials: Lucid CEO issues a price warning, Musk's companies infuse cash into xAI and Hyundai will ride out tariffs with cheap cars.

InsideEVs

Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot melts down – and then wins a military contract

It was a week of lows and highs for the tech billionaire after the CEO of X resigned and its AI chatbot declared itself a super-Nazi – followed by scoring a contract of up to $200m

The Guardian - US

US Defense Department awards $200 million contract to Elon Musk's Grok aka 'MechaHitler' and is looking forward to deploying it 'in our warfighting domain'

Actual decision-making will remain in the hands of humans, probably.

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Reason

Brickbat: Terminating X

Turkey's Information and Communication Technologies Authority blocked access to Grok, social media platform X's AI chatbot, as a result of insulting… The post Brickbat: Terminating X appeared first on Reason.com.

The Guardian - AU

AI chatbot ‘MechaHitler’ could be making content considered violent extremism, expert witness tells X v eSafety case

Tribunal hearing comes days after Elon Musk’s xAI apologised for antisemitic comments made by its Grok bot

The Guardian - US

xAI announces $200m US military deal after Grok chatbot had Nazi meltdown

Defense department also inked contracts with other leading AI firms including Google, Anthropic and OpenAI

The Independent UK

Musk’s Grok AI lands huge contract despite its recent problematic behaviors

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No, that wasn't really Elmo calling for the release of the Epstein files

Muppet has since reclaimed the account.

Benzinga

Tesla Identity Crisis: Musk's xAI Vote Could Rewrite The EV Maker's DNA

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) is once again at a crossroads — and this time, it’s not about Cybertrucks, Full Self-Driving, or new gigafactories. On Monday, Elon Musk announced that Tesla shareholders will vote on a potential investment in his AI venture, xAI.

Geekflare

Grok’s New AI Companions Are Live: What You Should Know

After launching Grok 4, today Elon Musk announced Companions, which is an AI service built by xAI. This update allows SuperGrok subscribers to enable and

Fortune

Elon Musk promises Tesla shareholders a vote over buying equity in his Grok startup: ‘If it was up to me, Tesla would have invested in xAI long ago’

The news comes as Musk's SpaceX company reportedly contributed $2 billion to last months's $10 billion xAI fundraising consisting of equal parts equity and debt.

TechRadar

Tesla introduces Grok AI into some of its cars, but it can’t control the vehicle… yet

Tesla adds Grok to some US-made vehicles, but its abilities are currently limited.

Benzinga

Elon Musk Wants Tesla To Invest In xAI, But It's Up To Shareholders: This Analyst Says Grok Is Worth The Bet

Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk has made it clear he wants the company to invest in his artificial intelligence startup, xAI — but says the final decision is now in shareholders’ hands.

Benzinga

Will Your Tesla Car Support Grok? Only These Vehicles Will Be Able To Run Elon Musk-Led xAI's Latest AI Model

Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) will introduce Elon Musk-led artificial intelligence company xAI's Artificial Intelligence model Grok to select models of the Tesla line-up in the U.S.

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