Elon Musk trumpets 'smartest AI' at Grok 4 launch
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XAI's Grok 4 AI chatbot launched Wednesday appears to consult Elon Musk's views when asked its opinion on some controversial matters.
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."
We are aware of recent posts made by Grok and are actively working to remove the inappropriate posts,” xAI said in a statement, adding that it “has taken action to ban hate speech before Grok posts on X.
Will Stancil, 38, wrote on X that it was "lawyer time" after the chatbot wrote about sexually assaulting him in graphic and profane posts.
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The xAI founder said the very notion humans actually once managed an economy will seem very quaint in the future, like 'cavemen throwing sticks into a fire'.
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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.