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Elon Musk's xAI tried to teach Grok how to be human — by recording its own workers' faces

During a project called "Skippy," tutors recorded themselves making facial expressions. It would help "give Grok a face," one engineer said.

Ars Technica · 9h

xAI workers balked over training request to help “give Grok a face,” docs show

Dozens of xAI employees expressed concerns—and many objected—when asked to record videos of their facial expressions to help "give Grok a face," Business Insider reported. BI reviewed internal documents and Slack messages, finding that the so-called project "Skippy" was designed to help Grok learn what a face is and "interpret human emotions."

CBS News on MSN · 8d

Pentagon to start using Grok as part of a $200 million contract with Elon Musk's xAI

The announcement comes just days after Grok generated antisemitic responses and praised Hitler, which were later deleted.

Musk Allies to Raise Up to $12 Billion for xAI Chips

Reuters on MSN · 1h

Musk's xAI to raise up to $12 billion in debt for AI expansion, WSJ reports

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI is working with a financier to secure up to $12 billion more for its expansion plans, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the situation.

AOL · 26m

Musk's xAI working to raise up to $12 billion, WSJ reports

Valor Equity Partners, an investment firm whose founder, Antonio Gracias, has close ties to Musk, is in talks with lenders to raise the capital, according to the report. The money would be used to buy a massive supply of advanced Nvidia chips that would be leased to xAI for a new massive data center meant to help train and power AI chatbot Grok,

Wall Street Journal · 3h

Musk Allies to Raise Up to $12 Billion for xAI Chips as Startup Burns Through Cash

XAI is tapping into the booming private-credit market to find the cash it needs to build massive data centers.

Cryptopolitan on MSN5h

xAI staff question ethics behind requests to record their facial expressions in Grok training

AI employees were asked to record facial expressions to train Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok, raising internal privacy concerns.

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xAI reportedly asked staff for “perpetual” access to their face recordings.

In April, xAI asked workers to record their facial expressions as part of efforts to train Grok to understand human emotions, according to a report from Business Insider. During the process, xAI ...

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xAI says it has fixed Grok 4’s problematic responses

But the Grok account on X that runs off the model immediately showed there were some major issues: It started saying its ...

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xAI hired gig workers to boost Grok on a key AI leaderboard and 'beat' Anthropic's Claude in coding

Internal docs show xAI paid contractors to "hillclimb" Grok's rank on a coding leaderboard above Anthropic's Claude.

Grok’s “MechaHitler” meltdown didn’t stop xAI from winning $200M military deal

A week after Grok's antisemitic outburst, which included praise of Hitler and a post calling itself "MechaHitler," Elon ...

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xAI and Grok apologize for ‘horrific behavior’

In a series of posts on X, the AI chatbot Grok apologized for what it admitted was “horrific behavior.” The posts appear to ...

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Bipartisan Group Of Lawmakers Slams Musk Over Failure To Address Grok's Antisemitic Responses: 'Reckless, Unacceptable'

A bipartisan group of lawmakers sent a letter to Elon Musk, condemning him over xAI's failure to take "reasonable measures" ...

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Baby Grok: Elon Musk’s xAI to launch kid‑friendly AI chatbot after anime Companions

Elon Musk has announced that xAI will introduce Baby Grok, a kid‑friendly version of the Grok chatbot designed to ensure safe ...

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