Donald Trump’s administration was close to giving Elon Musk’s xAI artificial intelligence company a huge federal contract this summer, only to back out after its chatbot, Grok, began issuing antisemitic slurs, according to a report.
According to Wired, emails between several AI developers and the General Services Administration, which is responsible for administering government tech contracts, chart how the proposed partnership fell apart as Musk’s pet project began dabbling in Nazi rhetoric.
