Reuters reports that Elon Musk’s annoying chatbot, Grok, is now being used by the U.S. government. While the extent and nature of that usage is unclear, sources interviewed by the news outlet have expressed alarm at the implications of the chatbot’s access to government data. Grok was launched by xAI, an AI company founded by […]
Elon Musk’s Grok AI Is as Gross as You Might Expect
Kolin Koltai, a researcher at the Netherlands-based investigative outlet Bellingcat, recently discovered that X users were using the platform’s AI chatbot, Grok, to undress women in photos that they had uploaded to the platform. While the bot rejects prompts that ask to make people entirely nude, it’s willing to walk right up to the line […]
Elon Musk’s Grok AI Has a Problem: It’s Too Accurate for Conservatives
Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot created by Elon Musk’s xAI, was supposed to be the “anti-woke” AI that would satisfy the MAGA masses by doing what other chatbots refuse to do, like…spreading election misinformation and saying racial slurs. But increasingly, Trump-y X users who ask Grok to explain things to them are disappointed to learn […]
That Tweet About Elon Musk’s Botched Penis Being Real Is Fake
Did Ashley St. Clair, the MAGA influencer who says Elon Musk is the father of her child, confirm rumors that the billionaire oligarch had a “botched” penis enlargement surgery? There’s a screenshot of a tweet that’s going viral on social media right now that appears to show exactly that. But the screenshot is completely fake. […]
Chatbots Convinced Idiots They Cracked the Code on a Sculpture in the CIA’s Backyard
Near the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, there is a sculpture known as Kryptos. It has been there since 1990 and contains four secret codes—three of which have been solved. The final one has gone 35 years without being decrypted. And, according to a report from Wired, the sculptor responsible wants everyone to know that […]