Musk's Grok chatbot at center of antisemitic scandal
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On Friday, Elon Musk announced on X that changes were coming to Grok, the platform’s AI. “We have improved @Grok significantly,” he posted. “You should notice a difference when you ask Grok questions.”
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Jacobin on MSNGrok’s Antisemitic Meltdown Was Entirely PredictableThe Trump era has seen the revival of Karl Marx’s famous line about the repetitive nature of history: “Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice.
Elon Musk debuted Grok 4, saying it was capable of reasoning at "superhuman" levels and is "better than PhD level at everything."
If a user asks Grok about posting sexualised images of women without consent, it mentions its 'strict' guidelines which 'prioritise respect and consent'. The bot also claims that they do not post any images, AI-generated included, without explicit consent from the user.
AI's new AI, Grok 4, outperforms competitors but faces scepticism due to high cost and recent safety concerns, challenging market acceptance.
Turkey bans xAI's Grok chatbot due to offensive content, including insults targeting President Erdoga, marking Turkey's first AI ban