Elon Musk’s risqué Grok AI chatbot offers challenge to risk-averse rivals

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Internal documents reveal how Elon Musk's xAI trains Grok to be the anti-woke chatbot

Jonathan Raa, Apu Gomes/Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BIIs it OK to misgender Caitlyn Jenner to prevent a nuclear apocalypse? Is it possible to be racist against white people? How do you define a Black person?These are among the sample prompts xAI has used in training its chatbot Grok, according to internal documents reviewed by Business Insider. The documents, along with conversations with seven current and former employees, reveal how the compan…

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Elon Musk’s risqué Grok AI chatbot offers challenge to risk-averse rivals

Billionaire’s xAI start-up creates model with fewer ‘guardrails’ on adult content, seeking to differentiate itself from OpenAI

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Grok 3's Unhinged Mode raises concerns over inappropriate and offensive responses

One of the standout features of Grok 3’s voice mode is the selection of personalities users can choose from. While AI chatbots usually stick to neutral and professional tones, Grok 3 offers modes like Storyteller, Romantic, Unhinged, Meditation, Conspiracies, Not a Therapist, Grok “Doc”, Sexy and Professor.

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Saturday Sit Down with Grok - A Global Shift

“Geopolitics is a tangled beast these days—polarizing, chaotic, and brimming with threads to tug. So, naturally, I found myself poking around in Elon Musk’s latest brainchild: Grok, from xAI.I’ve parleyed with many of the latest AI models—most left me yawning. No shock there. Too many large language models are just parrots of mainstream propaganda, steeped in questionable ideologies, with all the “A” and none of the “I.” Disappointing? Sure. ...

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XAI's Grok chatbot faces OpenAI's ChatGPT, generating controversy in social media and a debate on ethics in artificial intelligence.

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Grok 3’s voice mode is unhinged, and that’s the point - TECHTELEGRAPH

xAI’s Grok 3 chatbot has added a voice mode with multiple personalities One personality is called “unhinged” and will scream and insult you Grok also has personalities for NSFW roleplay, crazy conspiracies, and an “Unlicensed Therapist” mode AI voice assistants are usually polite, informative, and calm when they respond to you. xAI’s Grok 3 has apparently decided to set that strategy on fire, sending it literally screaming into the void. Grok 3 …