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. …
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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 …
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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, …
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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 …
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Stanford’s AI Index 2024 and Northwestern CASMI research reveal critical systemic bias and misinformation risks in AI language models, with a specific focus on Grok AI. The studies highlight significant challenges in developing ethically-aligned artificial intelligence, documenting how …
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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 …
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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 …