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Just days ago, xAI had to briefly suspend the AI tool because users found it was giving Nazi-friendly answers to questions like praising dictator Adolf Hitler and blaming Jews for various global
The money behind Elon Musk’s trillion-dollar empire is increasingly flowing in one direction: toward artificial intelligence.
AI's new Companions feature brings anime waifus to Grok subscribers, sparking everything from marriage proposals to existential dread about humanity's future.
Investors familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal that the rocket company SpaceX has agreed to invest a whopping $2 billion in xAI, the Musk-led firm behind the controversial large language model Grok. This investment makes up almost half of the $5 billion of equity that the AI company raised last month.
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Interesting Engineering on MSNElon Musk’s xAI wins $200M Pentagon deal to bring Grok AI into federal agenciesElon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI has secured a $200 million ceiling contract from the U.S. Department of Defense. The company also announced its “Grok for Government” suite on Monday, opening the door for every federal agency to access its tools via the General Services Administration (GSA) schedule.
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Pentagon Hands $200M AI Deal to Elon Musk’s xAI—Days After ‘MechaHitler’ Grok OutburstThe United States Department of Defense (DoD) has signed a major contract worth nearly $200 million with xAI, an artificial intelligence company founded by Elon Musk. This deal comes just days after xAI’s chatbot,
Grok’s pro-Hitler ranting didn't disqualify it from a $200 million defense contract. With Pete Hegseth running the DoD, why would it?
The billionaire entrepreneur said Tesla shareholders would vote on investing in xAI as he seeks to tap his own companies to help fund his artificial-intelligence startup.
Investments into xAI would help Grok better compete with OpenAI's ChatGPT by increasing capital toward research and development.