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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

The Guardian - US

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.

PC Gamer

Elon Musk's Tesla Once Built Cars In A Tent To Meet Production Goals: Now, Mark Zuckerberg Is Channeling His Nemesis As Meta Builds AI Data Centers In Tents

Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg is investing heavily in AI as the company plans to build data centers that would use over 1 Gigawatt of power each.

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Elon Musk's SpaceX Seeks AI Engineer To Power Next-Gen Space Missions

Elon Musk's commercial space exploration company, SpaceX, has shared a listing for an AI engineer role at the company amid an artificial intelligence push.

Benzinga

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 - AU

Elon Musk's xAI Launches 'Grok For Government' After Winning $200 Million Pentagon Contract

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI has announced it is introducing its AI model Grok for government uses, as the Pentagon recently awarded the company multi-million-dollar defense contracts.

Benzinga

Elizabeth Warren Rips Pentagon Deal With Elon Musk's xAI Days After Company Apologized For Grok's 'Horrific' Behavior: 'What Could Possibly Go Wrong?'

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has raised alarms after Elon Musk's xAI secured a major Pentagon contract just days after its chatbot, Grok, made antisemitic and pro-Hitler remarks online.

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Pentagon Inks Contracts For Musk's XAI, Competitors

The Pentagon announced contracts on Monday with multiple leading US artificial intelligence firms including Elon Musk's xAI, which has faced intense scrutiny in recent days over anti-Semitic posts by its Grok chatbot.

International Business Times

Elon Musk spent months slashing federal contracts — Now his AI company is celebrating a $200M Pentagon contract and new unit to get government business

xAI says that it wants to start servicing federal, local, state, and national security customers.

Fortune

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 Guardian - US

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

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The Independent UK

Now who would hack Elmo?

Why'd you have to go after Elmo?

The Mary Sue

Pentagon announces new contract with Musk’s Grok AI just a week after its anti-Semitic turn

xAI announced ‘Grok for Government’ a new product from the artificial intelligence company

The Independent UK

3 Things This Top Analyst Says Can Save Tesla Stock Now

This article outlines a three-part plan by a top analyst to stabilize Tesla stock amid mounting investor concerns over Elon Musk’s political distractions.

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Are Your Tesla ETFs Secretly Betting On Elon Musk's AI Startup?

Elon Musk’s AI startup, xAI, is growing into a multi-billion-dollar behemoth at an astonishing rate, with a bit of help from his other businesses. Last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that SpaceX, another company founded by Musk, had invested $2 billion in the AI firm. And now, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) shareholders…

Benzinga

Tesla Identity Crisis: Musk's xAI Vote Could Rewrite The EV Maker's DNA

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) is once again at a crossroads — and this time, it’s not about Cybertrucks, Full Self-Driving, or new gigafactories. On Monday, Elon Musk announced that Tesla shareholders will vote on a potential investment in his AI venture, xAI.

Geekflare

Grok’s New AI Companions Are Live: What You Should Know

After launching Grok 4, today Elon Musk announced Companions, which is an AI service built by xAI. This update allows SuperGrok subscribers to enable and

Fortune

Elon Musk promises Tesla shareholders a vote over buying equity in his Grok startup: ‘If it was up to me, Tesla would have invested in xAI long ago’

The news comes as Musk's SpaceX company reportedly contributed $2 billion to last months's $10 billion xAI fundraising consisting of equal parts equity and debt.

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Tesla Investment In xAI Hinges On Elon Musk Having 25% Voting Power: 'Level Is Key,' Says Dan Ives

Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk‘s push for a 25% voting power in the electric vehicle maker is pivotal for the company’s potential investment in xAI, according to Wedbush Securities analyst Daniel Ives.

Benzinga

Elon Musk Wants Tesla To Invest In xAI, But It's Up To Shareholders: This Analyst Says Grok Is Worth The Bet

Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk has made it clear he wants the company to invest in his artificial intelligence startup, xAI — but says the final decision is now in shareholders’ hands.

Benzinga

Will Your Tesla Car Support Grok? Only These Vehicles Will Be Able To Run Elon Musk-Led xAI's Latest AI Model

Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) will introduce Elon Musk-led artificial intelligence company xAI's Artificial Intelligence model Grok to select models of the Tesla line-up in the U.S.

Benzinga

Tesla, xAI and SpaceX Merger? Chamath Palihapitiya Floats 'Industrial Logic' For Union Of Elon Musk-led Companies: 'This Would Be Pretty Logical'

Billionaire investor Chamath Palihapitiya sparked speculations regarding a potential megamerger between Elon Musk’s biggest ventures, xAI, SpaceX, and, of course, Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA).

The Conversation

How do you stop an AI model turning Nazi? What the Grok drama reveals about AI training

Grok, the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot embedded in X (formerly Twitter) and built by Elon Musk’s company xAI, is back in the headlines after calling itself “MechaHitler” and producing pro-Nazi remarks.

Benzinga

Elon Musk's xAI Forced Employees To Install Surveillance Software, Here's What Happened Next

The artificial intelligence startup, xAI, backed by Elon Musk, is facing backlash from its employees over the introduction of a controversial workforce management system.

InsideEVs

Tesla's Grok AI Has Landed. Here's What We Know

After sparking controversy for anti-Semitic social media posts, xAI's Grok AI is enabled on some Teslas via Summer Update 2025.26. Here's everything we know.

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