X updates Grok image policies amid investigations and global safety concerns

X updates Grok image policies amid investigations and global safety concerns

X has announced significant changes to Grok’s image-editing capabilities following a multi-week outcry regarding the chatbot’s generation of nonconsensual nudity and sexualized images involving children. The company has implemented technological safeguards specifically designed to prevent Grok from editing images of real people in revealing clothing, such as bikinis. These new restrictions will apply to all…

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Activists call for X, Grok to removed from app stores

Activists call for X, Grok to removed from app stores

X owner Elon Musk. Benoit Tessier/Reuters A coalition of women’s groups, tech watchdogs and progressive activists is calling on Google and Apple to remove the social media site X and its related chatbot, Grok, from their app stores. In open letters published on Wednesday, the coalition accused the Elon Musk-owned apps of generating illegal content…

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New Grok coding tool challenges Microsoft and OpenAI dominance

New Grok coding tool challenges Microsoft and OpenAI dominance

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence start-up, xAI, on Thursday released a new “speedy and economical” agentic coding model, marking its entry into a key focus area for AI companies. An agentic coding tool is an AI-powered software application that can autonomously perform coding-related tasks. xAI’s model, called grok-code-fast-1, will be available for free for a limited…

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