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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Technology
Io Dodds

Inside Grok’s pivot to porn — all in a bid to keep users engaged and away from the AI system’s original purpose

For weeks, Elon Musk's struggling AI chatbot Grok has been engulfed by a rolling international scandal over its willingness to generate sexualized images of real people — and even children — on demand.

Now, insiders allege that the problem came from the very top.

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