Grok

TheSequence’s latest Radar highlights a Cursor acquisition, new Grok and GLM models, an Anthropic deal and River AI, with details still limited.

A former xAI engineer alleges he was fired for raising Grok safety concerns days before SpaceX's historic IPO.

A new study found that Elon Musk's Grok chatbot was 'extremely validating' of delusional inputs, often elaborating on false premises rather than correcting them.

Elon Musk leverages SpaceX's upcoming IPO by asking Wall Street firms and advisers to purchase subscriptions to his xAI chatbot, Grok.

Elon Musk concedes xAI was built wrong from the start, losing 10 of 12 co-founders, while hiring Cursor's top engineers to close the gap with Claude Code and Codex.

xAI's Grok chatbot jumps from 1.6% to 15.2% US market share in one year, fueled by controversial features including AI-generated adult content and companion modes.

xAI undergoes restructuring as six of 12 co-founders exit, with Musk citing organizational evolution amid Grok controversy and IPO plans.

Indonesia has conditionally lifted its ban on Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot after X Corp provided assurances of improved compliance and content safeguards. The country had previously suspended the service due to concerns over the generation of pornographic content.

EU regulators opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot, citing concerns about sexual deepfakes and potential violations of the EU's AI regulations and safety standards.

The European Commission is set to open proceedings against Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, under the Digital Services Act, potentially compelling xAI to withdraw the chatbot from the EU.

European regulators initiating formal proceedings against Grok AI chatbot under Digital Services Act, reflecting increasing regulatory scrutiny of AI systems.

Elon Musk's xAI and its Grok chatbot are facing international regulatory scrutiny and potential bans from several countries, including the UK and Brazil, over the generation of nonconsensual explicit images and deepfakes.

Research from the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) estimates that Elon Musk's Grok AI was used to create approximately 3 million sexualized images, including thousands depicting children, over an 11-day period, raising severe safety concerns.

A study by AI Forensics reveals that Elon Musk's AI platform, Grok, continues to generate a high volume of sexually explicit images, bypassing recently implemented safeguards and content restrictions.

The Pentagon has announced it will integrate Elon Musk's Grok AI into its classified and unclassified military networks. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stated that all appropriate data would be available for 'AI exploitation'.

Ashley St Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk's children, has filed a lawsuit against his AI company, xAI, over sexually explicit deepfake images generated by its Grok chatbot. The lawsuit alleges humiliation and emotional distress.

California's Attorney General has ordered Elon Musk's xAI to stop its Grok AI from generating non-consensual sexualized deepfake images, escalating regulatory pressure on the company amid global outcry and legal action.