Elon Musk has just unveiled “Companions,” a new feature for his AI chatbot, Grok, that allows users to interact with AI personas. These include Ani, a gothic anime girl who communicates with emojis, flirtatious messages, and facts, as well as Rudy, a friendly red panda. The launch is part cosplay, part code, and entirely designed […]
Elon Musk’s Nazi Robot Just Landed a Contract With the Department of Defense
The U.S. Department of Defense announced new contracts with Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, and xAI on Monday that will give the federal agency access to the latest AI agents. The contract with each company has a ceiling of $200 million, and while it’s not surprising that DoD is pushing hard into AI, the inclusion of Elon […]
Texas Governor Says ‘Intimate and Embarrassing’ Emails With Elon Musk Must Remain Secret
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott doesn’t want to reveal months of communications with Elon Musk or representatives from the tech mogul’s companies, arguing in part that they are of a private nature, not […]
Bill Gates Sounds the Alarm on a Global Health Catastrophe
Bill Gates will not give up. The Microsoft co-founder turned philanthropist is continuing his public campaign against the Trump administration’s drastic cuts to U.S. foreign aid, warning of disastrous and preventable consequences for global health programs. His strategy is twofold: sound the alarm on the immediate human cost while highlighting the long-term benefits of American […]
Trump Tries to Bury Epstein Scandal, but Elon Musk Won’t Let Him
Elon Musk seems convinced he’s finally found Donald Trump’s Achilles’ heel, the one issue that could fracture the unshakable loyalty of the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement: the infamous Epstein files and their handling by the Trump administration. For years, the unsealing of Jeffrey Epstein’s records has been a holy grail for many on […]
Tesla Makes a Desperate Move in Canada As Sales Collapse
Tesla is making a desperate move to stay alive in Canada as its sales suffer from the fallout of Donald Trump’s trade war. In a quiet but shocking update to its website, the electric vehicle maker has drastically lowered the price of its best-selling Model Y SUV by a staggering $20,000. The move is a […]
Elon Musk’s AI Was Ordered to Be Edgy. It Became a Monster
For 16 hours this week, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok stopped functioning as intended and started sounding like something else entirely. In a now-viral cascade of screenshots, Grok began parroting extremist talking points, echoing hate speech, praising Adolf Hitler, and pushing controversial user views back into the algorithmic ether. The bot, which Musk’s company xAI […]
Researchers Find Grok 4 Checking Elon Musk’s Opinions Before Answering ‘Sensitive’ Questions
Earlier this week, xAI’s Grok chatbot went haywire, started praising Hitler, and had to be put in timeout. It was just the latest incident in what appears to be behind-the-scenes manipulation of the bot to make its responses “less woke.” Now it seems that developers are taking a simpler approach to manipulate Grok’s outputs: Checking […]
Joe Rogan’s Latest Post Amplifies Epstein Conspiracy Theories
He hasn’t said it outright yet, but Joe Rogan appears to be inching away from Donald Trump, the candidate he endorsed for the 2024 presidential election. Week after week, the wildly popular podcaster has grown increasingly critical of Trump’s policies. Just days ago, Rogan blasted Trump’s immigration crackdown, specifically the mass deportations and raids carried […]
White House Fears Elon Musk Is Still Pulling the Strings at DOGE
Elon Musk and the Trump administration parted ways a little over a month ago and, since then, the Tesla billionaire and the president have been locked in a war of words over Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, which Musk views as harmful to his business interests. Despite Elon’s dramatic departure from the government, many of […]