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The world of artificial intelligence advances through controversy in the press — but it is breakthrough technology that, in the end, creates lasting value. That dichotomy is laid bare at xAI, Elon Musk’s mysterious AI startup. Its viral Grok AI friends have captured the public imagination with their provocative personalities,...

July 16, 2025 — In a move designed to rebuild trust in AI-generated content, Elon Musk-backed xAI has released a major update for its premier language model chatbot, Grok. According to the company, Grok 4 will no longer generate controversial or offensive text—including prior instances where it claimed to be...

Table of Contents Introduction A Pattern Emerges Musk’s Response: Transparency or Control? Ethical and Technical Implications The Appeal and the Risk What’s Next for Grok? The Bigger Picture Conclusion In the fast-changing field of artificial intelligence, Laurie Penny worries how much politicians can rely on algorithms that have their own...

The expanded-gorilla AI company xAI, led by Elon Musk, unleashed its newest flagship AI model Grok 4 and a new AI subscription plan, called SuperGrok Heavy, for $300 a month late Wednesday night. Grok is xAI’s version of the models underlying OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Google’s Gemini. It can look at...