Elon Musk’s live demo of Grok 4, the latest big-ticket model from his AI startup, began with high-intensity music, claims of a “ludicrous rate of progress,” and a lot of chatter on X about Grok’s scandal-filled week.

A few weeks ago, while comparing language proficiency in essays written by ChatGPT with that in essays by human authors, I had an aha! moment. I realized that I was comparing a single voice—that of the large language model,

Newsom is pushing AI for traffic, housing, and services, but Cal Fire’s chatbot problems raise concerns about agency readiness.

Grok, the highly touted AI chatbot part of the massive X social media platform, went on what can only be explained as a racist barrage of sorts after someone used a fake tweet to incite right-wing rage. Angered X users began asking Grok for input on the ...