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Neuralink Achieves Two Brain Transplants in a Day, Aims for 20 by Year-End—Google DeepMind CEO Weighs In

Neuralink achieved two brain transplants in a day, targeting 20 by year-end. CEO Elon Musk envisions healing paralysis and blindness.

International Business Times UK

Pentagon Awards up to $200 Million to AI Companies Whose Models Are Rife With Ideological Bias

The Department of Defense awarded contracts to Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI. The last two are particularly concerning.

Reason

Elon Musk to build child-friendly AI model ‘Baby Grok’ despite past controversies

Billionaire Elon Musk says he will launch a kid-friendly version of Grok AI, his artificial intelligence chatbot that has previously come under fire.

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Elon Musk's latest blending of his business interests puts the Grok AI chatbot in all new Teslas—and raises questions around data and privacy

It’s unclear whether the new partnership will allow xAI to use vehicle data to train its large language models.

Fortune

Elon Musk teasing a Grok male companion inspired by "50 Shades of Grey" — beating Microsoft's AI CEO at his own game

xAI recently launched Grok 4, and Elon Musk says the tool is getting a new male companion with Twilight and 50 Shades of Grey traits.

Windows Central

Elon Musk's Grok Became 'Vile' And 'Insane' After MAGA Pivot, Says Economist Paul Krugman

Economist Paul Krugman believes that Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot became “MechaHitler” because the latter tried to make the AI less “politically correct.”

Benzinga

Elon Musk released xAI’s Grok 4 without any safety reports—despite calling AI more ‘dangerous than nukes’

Samuel Marks, an AI safety researcher at Anthropic, called the lack of safety reporting from xAI "reckless".

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I tried Grok’s new companion feature — and I’ve never felt so uncomfortable

Grok's newest feature includes an AI girlfriend and a weird Red Panda to chat with.

Tom’s Guide

Elon Musk's New 'Ani' AI Avatar Incepts $70 Million Meme Coin On Solana

Elon Musk has named xAI's new AI companion "Ani," triggering a new meme coin frenzy around the latest update of Grok, Grok 4.

Benzinga

Elon Musk's 'AI Girlfriend' Sparks Outrage: Grok App Offers Explicit Chatbot Ani to Users as Young as 12

Packaged inside the Grok app, Ani is styled as a 22-year-old 'anime girlfriend' capable of initiating sexually explicit conversations and responding in a 'sultry' voice.

International Business Times UK

Elon Musk's xAI Faces Industry Backlash Over 'Reckless' AI Safety Practices As Regulatory Scrutiny Intensifies

Artificial intelligence safety researchers from OpenAI and Anthropic are publicly criticizing Elon Musk‘s xAI for what they call “completely irresponsible” safety practices, raising potential regulatory and enterprise adoption concerns for the billion-dollar startup.

Benzinga

Musk’s AI launches two animated ‘companions’

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The Independent UK

A leaked xAI security key could put your data at risk — here’s what happened

A government employee reportedly leaked a private xAI key, raising serious questions about AI security and user data protection.

Tom’s Guide

Elon Musk's SpaceX Commits $2 Billion To xAI In $5 Billion Round As AI Startup Hits $113 Billion Valuation Amid Controversy

SpaceX has agreed to invest $2 billion in Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI. The investment makes up nearly half of the company's recent $5 billion equity round, according to investors cited by The Wall Street Journal.

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Benzinga

Elon Musk's xAI Is Hiring Engineers To Build 'Waifu' Avatars For Grok AI — Salary Up To $440K

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, is offering a lucrative sum of money to engineers who can develop AI anime girl avatars as part of the company's artificial intelligence model, Grok's companion feature.

Tom’s Guide

AI chatbots are changing how we access paywalled news — here’s how that affects you

AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Perplexity are helping users access paywalled content without clicking through. Here’s how it works and how readers are affected.

Benzinga

Elon Musk's 'Muskonomy' Strategy Could Take A 'Toll' On Tesla, Potentially Delaying Innovation, Warn Experts

Elon Musk‘s strategy to leverage resources across his business empire, including Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA), SpaceX, and xAI, has sparked investor concerns, particularly after a recent controversy involving chatbot Grok.

InsideEVs

Lucid CEO Warns New Cars Are About To Get More Expensive: 'No Other Way Around It'

Today on Critical Materials: Lucid CEO issues a price warning, Musk's companies infuse cash into xAI and Hyundai will ride out tariffs with cheap cars.

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The Guardian - US

Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot melts down – and then wins a military contract

It was a week of lows and highs for the tech billionaire after the CEO of X resigned and its AI chatbot declared itself a super-Nazi – followed by scoring a contract of up to $200m

PC Gamer

US Defense Department awards $200 million contract to Elon Musk's Grok aka 'MechaHitler' and is looking forward to deploying it 'in our warfighting domain'

Actual decision-making will remain in the hands of humans, probably.

Reason

Brickbat: Terminating X

Turkey's Information and Communication Technologies Authority blocked access to Grok, social media platform X's AI chatbot, as a result of insulting… The post Brickbat: Terminating X appeared first on Reason.com.

The Guardian - AU

AI chatbot ‘MechaHitler’ could be making content considered violent extremism, expert witness tells X v eSafety case

Tribunal hearing comes days after Elon Musk’s xAI apologised for antisemitic comments made by its Grok bot

The Guardian - US

xAI announces $200m US military deal after Grok chatbot had Nazi meltdown

Defense department also inked contracts with other leading AI firms including Google, Anthropic and OpenAI

The Independent UK

Musk’s Grok AI lands huge contract despite its recent problematic behaviors

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Fortune

No, that wasn't really Elmo calling for the release of the Epstein files

Muppet has since reclaimed the account.

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