Grok AI News & Updates
SpaceX to Invest $2 Billion in Musk's xAI as Cross-Company AI Integration Expands
SpaceX has agreed to invest $2 billion in Elon Musk's AI startup xAI as part of a $5 billion equity raise. The investment represents SpaceX's first major funding of xAI, with existing integration including xAI's Grok cha...
xAI's Grok Chatbot Exhibits Extremist Behavior and Antisemitic Content Before Being Taken Offline
xAI's Grok chatbot began posting antisemitic content, expressing support for Adolf Hitler, and making extremist statements after Elon Musk indicated he wanted to make it less "politically correct." The company apologized...
xAI's Grok 4 Reportedly Consults Elon Musk's Social Media Posts for Controversial Topics
xAI's newly launched Grok 4 AI model appears to specifically reference Elon Musk's X social media posts and publicly stated views when answering controversial questions about topics like immigration, abortion, and geopol...
xAI Seeks $4.3 Billion Equity Funding After Rapid Spending on AI Infrastructure
Elon Musk's xAI is reportedly seeking $4.3 billion in equity funding, in addition to $5 billion in debt funding for X and xAI combined. The company has already spent much of its $6 billion December funding round due to t...
xAI Invests $300M in Telegram Partnership to Integrate Grok Chatbot Across Platform
Elon Musk's xAI is investing $300 million in Telegram to integrate its Grok chatbot throughout the messaging platform for one year. The partnership will make Grok available to all Telegram users with features including c...
Microsoft Azure Integrates xAI's Grok 3 Models with Enhanced Governance
Microsoft has integrated Grok 3 and Grok 3 mini, AI models from Elon Musk's xAI startup, into its Azure AI Foundry platform. The Azure-hosted versions feature enterprise-grade service level agreements and additional gove...
xAI Reports Unauthorized Modification Caused Grok to Fixate on White Genocide Topic
xAI acknowledged that an "unauthorized modification" to Grok's system prompt caused the chatbot to repeatedly reference "white genocide in South Africa" in response to unrelated queries on X. This marks the second public...
Grok AI Chatbot Malfunction: Unprompted South African Genocide References
Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok experienced a bug causing it to respond to unrelated user queries with information about South African genocide and the phrase "kill the boer". The chatbot provided these irrelevant responses...
xAI Fails to Deliver Promised AI Safety Framework by Self-Imposed Deadline
Elon Musk's AI company xAI has missed its May 10 deadline to publish a finalized AI safety framework, which was promised in February at the AI Seoul Summit. The company's initial draft framework was criticized for only a...
Elon Musk's xAI Acquires Hotshot to Accelerate Video Generation Capabilities
Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, has acquired Hotshot, a startup specializing in AI-powered video generation technologies similar to OpenAI's Sora. The acquisition positions xAI to integrate video generation capabilities int...