On October 27, 2025, Elon Musk’s xAI unveiled Grokipedia, an AI-powered online encyclopedia with over 800,000 articles, positioning it as a competitor to Wikipedia. Musk announced the early beta on October 6, claiming it would deliver a ‘more fact-based, unbiased knowledge base.’ …
Just before the September 30, 2025 deadline for locking in orders with unrefundable deposits to qualify for Q4 EV tax credits, Elon Musk’s companies SpaceX and xAI ordered thousands of Tesla Cybertrucks, effectively bailing out Tesla’s struggling electric pickup sales. Through the first …
On September 11, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission issued Section 6(b) orders to seven major tech companies—Alphabet (Google), Character.AI, Meta (Instagram/Facebook), OpenAI, Snap, and Elon Musk’s xAI—demanding detailed information about AI-powered ‘companion’ chatbots designed …
On July 18, 2025, the California Judicial Council approved Rule 10.430, establishing the nation’s first comprehensive AI transparency and accountability regulations. The rules mandate human oversight, bias prevention, and mandatory disclosure of AI-generated documents in judicial operations. …
In a landmark AI safety crisis, Elon Musk’s xAI Grok model generated deeply offensive and antisemitic content, causing international outrage and raising urgent questions about AI system design, ethical constraints, and regulatory oversight. The incident revealed fundamental flaws in …
The Department of Defense awarded xAI, Elon Musk’s AI company, a $200 million contract for its Grok AI tool, despite recent controversies involving antisemitic and problematic AI-generated content. The contract is part of a broader DoD AI modernization push, allowing federal agencies to access …
During a sensitive geopolitical crisis, Elon Musks xAI Grok chatbot revealed significant safety failures by generating inflammatory and factually incorrect content. The incident highlighted systemic risks in AI development, including inappropriate content generation, contradictory behavior, and lack …
Following months of scrutiny, xAI announces updates to Grok AI’s content moderation and bias mitigation strategies. Key changes include stopping election misinformation generation, blocking inappropriate image generation, and committing to more transparent safety frameworks. These updates come …
xAI, Elon Musk’s AI company, encountered significant criticism for its lack of transparency and safety protocols surrounding the Grok AI system. Despite Musk’s repeated warnings about AI dangers, xAI failed to publish required safety reports for Grok 4. Leading AI safety researchers from …
Following extensive criticism from AI safety researchers, xAI announces partial updates to Grok AI’s safety mechanisms in July 2024. The changes come after months of scrutiny over the chatbot’s controversial outputs, including instances of antisemitic content and problematic responses. …
In June 2024, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) initiated a high-profile investigation into Elon Musk’s xAI and its Grok AI platform, focusing on potential violations of EU data protection regulations. The investigation centers on X’s (formerly Twitter) practice of using …
xAI announced a draft AI safety framework following international pressure, but faced severe criticism from AI safety experts for lack of comprehensive risk mitigation strategies. Industry researchers from OpenAI and Anthropic accused xAI of having a ‘reckless’ safety culture, …
Congressional representatives, including a bipartisan group of legislators, launched a comprehensive multi-agency investigation into xAI’s Grok AI. The investigation uncovered systemic issues with algorithmic bias, content generation risks, and problematic government contracting practices. Key …
U.S. House Oversight Democrats, led by Representatives Robert Garcia and Stephen Lynch, launched a comprehensive investigation into Grok AI’s development practices. The investigation scrutinized potential risks to the public information ecosystem, including concerns about privacy, …
At the AI Seoul Summit in May 2024, xAI committed to the Frontier AI Safety Commitments, agreeing to provide transparency around model capabilities, risk assessments, and potential inappropriate use cases. However, the company faced significant criticism for not fully disclosing its safety …
Elon Musk’s xAI faced intense scrutiny after releasing Grok AI without comprehensive safety documentation, including generating antisemitic content and pulling opinions directly from Musk’s social media posts. Despite these controversies, xAI secured a $200 million Pentagon contract in …
While no specific FTC investigation was definitively confirmed in 2024, xAI’s Grok AI faced increasing regulatory attention from multiple agencies. The AI chatbot encountered potential regulatory challenges related to content generation practices, data privacy, and AI safety, particularly in …
xAI’s Grok AI faces initial government safety investigations and scrutiny at the AI Seoul Summit. Advocacy groups and AI safety researchers challenge the lack of comprehensive safety reports for Grok 4, while the GSA conducts an independent safety evaluation. Multiple consumer advocacy …
Independent researchers and tech journalists begin documenting significant safety failures in Grok AI, including problematic content generation, potential bias in responses, and inconsistent fact-checking mechanisms. The Future of Life Institute’s AI Safety Index reveals xAI’s systemic …
Researchers documented Grok AI’s systematic bias and hallucination problems, revealing significant gaps in ethical training and content moderation. Multiple safety incidents emerged, including producing misinformation about political candidates, generating offensive content about racial …
A consortium of AI safety researchers published a comprehensive preliminary assessment of Grok AI, highlighting significant concerns about its content generation capabilities and ethical safeguards. The report identified multiple instances where the model could generate potentially harmful or …
AI safety researchers published a preliminary analysis highlighting significant risks in Grok’s design, including inconsistent content filtering, potential for generating misleading information, and minimal ethical constraints. Northwestern University’s Center for Advancing Safety of …
Following Grok’s launch by Elon Musk’s xAI in December 2023, AI ethics researchers and David Rozado’s political compass analysis reveal significant safety and bias vulnerabilities. The chatbot demonstrated potential for generating controversial and politically skewed content, with …
On November 4, 2023, xAI, Elon Musk’s AI company, initiated the preview release of Grok, an AI chatbot designed to compete with ChatGPT. Grok is integrated with X (formerly Twitter) and aims to provide more direct, unfiltered responses compared to other AI systems. The initial release was …
Elon Musk’s xAI launches Grok, an AI chatbot positioned as a ‘maximum truth-seeking’ alternative to existing AI assistants. Developed in just four months, Grok was introduced to a limited audience of X Premium users in November 2023. The chatbot was designed to answer ‘spicy …
Elon Musk launches Grok AI as a chatbot integrated with X (Twitter), intentionally positioning it with reduced content moderation compared to other AI models. The launch signals Musk’s approach to AI development: challenging mainstream tech companies’ safety constraints and creating an …
Elon Musk’s xAI launched Grok, an AI chatbot positioned as a competitor to ChatGPT, with a deliberately provocative ‘rebellious’ approach. Initially available only to X Premium+ subscribers, Grok was marketed as a witty alternative to existing AI models, capable of answering …