Elon Musk unveils Grok 4
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Elon Musk on Wednesday unveiled Grok 4, a new version of his X platform's AI chatbot. The update comes a day after the bot posted antisemitic content on the social media network. Musk introduced the new model in a livestream on X late Wednesday, calling Grok 4 "the smartest AI in the world."
Musk's announcement comes hours after xAI debuted its latest flagship AI model, Grok 4. The 54-year-old discussed the recent innovation during a nearly hour-long livestream shared on xAI's X page, during which he did not mention the chatbot's integration into Tesla vehicles.
Billionaire Elon Musk announced that Grok, a generative artificial intelligence chatbot, will be available in Tesla vehicles starting next week "at the latest."
Linda Yaccarino is stepping down as CEO of X after two years leading Elon Musk’s social media company. Yaccarino’s departure comes one day after the company’s Grok chatbot began pushing antisemitic tropes in responses to users. It’s not clear that the events were connected.
On Tuesday July 8, X (née Twitter) was forced to switch off the social media platform’s in-built AI, Grok, after it declared itself to be a robot version of Hitler, spewing antisemitic hate and racist conspiracy theories. This followed X owner Elon Musk’s declaration over the weekend that he was insisting Grok be less “politically correct.”
Grok, the artificial intelligence bot native to Elon Musk’s X platform, delivered a long series of antisemitic replies Tuesday following a reported update in which it was told to embrace the “politically incorrect.” The bot took the suggestion and ran with it, ultimately devolving into praise for Adolf Hitler.
Users of Elon Musk’s AI, Grok, say the chatbot’s responses have shifted to the right, and one expert said the explanation lies in a change to its internal instructions. People are accusing Grok of a conservative bias,
Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot has claimed that Jewish people run Hollywood, days after the billionaire launched a “significantly improved” version of the AI system.