Tech-Regulation

xAI Faces Major Criticism Over Grok AI Safety Failures

| Importance: 9/10

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 …

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xAI Implements Comprehensive AI Safety Protocols in Response to Investigations

| Importance: 8/10

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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xAI Launches Grok: Immediate Safety Concerns Emerge

| Importance: 8/10

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 …

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