xAI claims that a change on Monday, July 7th, “triggered an unintended action” that added an older series of instructions to its system prompts telling it to be “maximally based,” and “not afraid to offend people who are politically correct.”

Elon Musk’s startup xAI apologized yesterday for offensive posts published by its artificial intelligence assistant Grok this week, blaming them on

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI is apologizing for a series of violent and antisemitic posts from its chatbot "GROK" earlier this week.

Elon Musk's plans to ship an overseas power plant to Memphis for an xAI supercomputer raise both interest and environmental concerns.

Elon Musk's xAI said Grok's behavior was due to an update that caused it to prioritize engagement, even if posts contained "controversial opinions."