Social media platform X has announced new restrictions on its AI tool, Grok, following widespread criticism over its use in creating sexualised deepfake images. The company confirmed it has introduced technical safeguards to stop Grok from editing photos of real people to make them appear in revealing outfits, such as swimwear, in regions where such…
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has warned that social media platform X could lose its ability to regulate itself if it fails to control harmful content generated by its AI chatbot, Grok. His comments come as the UK government prepares to activate new laws targeting non-consensual intimate images. Speaking to Labour MPs on Monday, Sir…
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, has carried out a sweeping overnight restructuring of its data annotation division, resulting in the layoff of about 500 employees. The affected team had been instrumental in training Grok, xAI’s chatbot competitor to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. According to an internal email obtained by Business Insider, xAI announced plans to shift…
Messaging platform Telegram is set to integrate Grok, the AI chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, into its app as part of a major new partnership aimed at expanding AI access to over one billion users. Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov confirmed the deal in a social media post, stating that the collaboration will…
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, has attributed a recent controversy involving its chatbot, Grok, to the actions of a “rogue employee.” The chatbot, which is integrated into Musk’s social media platform X, startled users earlier this week by referencing “white genocide” in South Africa—an unrelated and inflammatory topic that surfaced in response to general…
Elon Musk, the owner of X (formerly Twitter), unveiled the arrival of “Grok,” an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot with a penchant for sarcasm, akin to Musk’s own sense of humor. Musk shared the news late Saturday, indicating that Grok is in its initial phases of training, with access to real-time information from the platform, facilitated by…
