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Once again, people are taking Grok at its word, treating the chatbot as a company spokesperson without questioning what it says. On Friday morning, many outlets reported that X had blocked universal access to Grok’s image-editing features after the chatbot began prompting some users to pay $8 to use them. The messages are seemingly in […]
X’s half-assed attempt to paywall Grok doesn’t block free image editing Read More »
For weeks, xAI has faced backlash over undressing and sexualizing images of women and children generated by Grok. One researcher conducted a 24-hour analysis of the Grok account on X and estimated that the chatbot generated over 6,000 images an hour flagged as “sexually suggestive or nudifying,” Bloomberg reported. While the chatbot claimed that xAI
Grok assumes users seeking images of underage girls have “good intent” Read More »
Elon Musk’s xAI has raised $20 billion in an upsized Series E funding round, exceeding its initial $15 billion target, as the company scales its AI infrastructure and product development. The round attracted participation from Valor Equity Partners, Stepstone Group, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Qatar Investment Authority, MGX, and Baron Capital Group, with strategic
xAI Closes $20 Bn Funding Round to Accelerate Grok Training, Data Centres Read More »
It seems that instead of updating Grok to prevent outputs of sexualized images of minors, X is planning to purge users generating content that the platform deems illegal, including Grok-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM). On Saturday, X Safety finally posted an official response after nearly a week of backlash over Grok outputs that sexualized
X blames users for Grok-generated CSAM; no fixes announced Read More »
For days, xAI has remained silent after its chatbot Grok admitted to generating sexualized AI images of minors, which could be categorized as violative child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) in the US. According to Grok’s “apology”—which was generated by a user’s request, not posted by xAI—the chatbot’s outputs may have been illegal: “I deeply regret
xAI silent after Grok sexualized images of kids; dril mocks Grok’s “apology” Read More »
