One of the new “companions,” or AI characters for users to interact with, is a sexualized blonde anime bot called “Ani."

Grok 4 by xAI was released on July 9, and it's surged ahead of competitors like DeepSeek and Claude at LMArena, a leaderboard for ranking generative AI models. However, these types of AI rankings don't factor in potential safety risks.

The latest Grok controversy is revealing not for the extremist outputs, but for how it exposes a fundamental dishonesty in AI development.

A week after Grok's antisemitic outburst, which included praise of Hitler and a post calling itself "MechaHitler," Elon Musk's xAI has landed a US military contract worth up to $200 million. xAI announced a "Grok for Government" service after getting the contract with the US Department of Defense.

The Department of Defense is set to begin using Musk's controversial chatbot Grok, according to a Monday announcement.

The announcement comes just days after Grok generated antisemitic responses and praised Hitler, which were later deleted.

Earlier today, Grok showed me how to tell if someone is a “good scientist,” just from their demographics. For starters, according to a formula devised by Elon Musk’s chatbot, they have to be a white, Asian, or Jewish man.

AI explained why Grok 4 seemed to search for Elon Musk's opinions when asked about some hot-button topics.

An AI model launched last week appears to have shipped with an unexpected occasional behavior: checking what its owner thinks first.

A week after Elon Musk’s AI tool Grok descended into antisemitic rants and declared itself “MechaHitler,” the social media platform X is back with new AI-controlled chatbots for paid subscribers to “SuperGrok.