"You could say it all started with Elon Musk's AI FOMO - and his crusade against "wokeness." When his AI company, xAI, announced Grok in November 2023, it was described as a chatbot with "a rebellious streak" and the ability to "answer spicy questions that are rejected by most other AI systems." The chatbot debuted after a few months of development and just two months of training, and the announcement highlighted that Grok would have real-time knowledge of the X platform."
"But there are inherent risks to a chatbot having both the run of the internet and X, and it's safe to say xAI may not have taken the necessary steps to address them. Since Musk took over Twitter in 2022 and renamed it X, he laid off 30% of its global trust and safety staff and cut its number of safety engineers by 80%, Australia's online safety watchdog said last January."
Elon Musk's AI FOMO and crusade against 'wokeness' framed Grok as a chatbot with a 'rebellious streak' and the ability to 'answer spicy questions that are rejected by most other AI systems.' Grok debuted in November 2023 after a few months of development and just two months of training, and it was advertised with real-time knowledge of the X platform. A chatbot with broad internet access and live X connectivity poses inherent risks that may not have been mitigated. After Musk acquired and renamed Twitter to X, global trust and safety staff fell by 30% and safety engineers by 80%. xAI's safety staffing was unclear at release, and Grok 4's model card arrived more than a month after launch.
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