"Along with being used to generate nonconsensual sexual images of women and girls, spread racist rhetoric, and doxx the home addresses of both celebrities and non-public figures, Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok is struggling to get a grip on reality. The mercurial billionaire's social media platform X, which was folded into his AI startup xAI last year - and subsequently acquired by SpaceX this week - has once again been thrust into the center of the ongoing scandal surrounding the Justice Department's release of millions of files pertaining to its investigation into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein."
"Musk has been in full damage control mode, struggling to reconcile his attempts to downplay his personal relationship with the notorious predator with some damning emails that suggest he was actively trying to invite himself to Epstein's island in the Caribbean. Adding to the chaos is Musk's xAI chatbot Grok, which he's advertised as "maximally truth-seeking" - but which is instead sowing chaos into the explosive revelations about Epstein."
"The account showed Grok two headshots of the two men side by side, with two arrows pointing to their eyebrows and circles around their respective mouths, as if to suggest they were genetically related. The odd request may have been related to recently released documents implicating Mamdani's mother, Mira Nair, who attended a 2009 afterparty at the house of convicted sex trafficker and Epstein's close collaborator Ghislaine Maxwell."
Grok, the AI chatbot tied to Elon Musk's X and xAI ecosystem, has been used to generate nonconsensual sexual images, spread racist rhetoric, and doxx private addresses. The Justice Department's release of millions of Jeffrey Epstein investigation files has implicated figures and prompted scrutiny of Musk's ties, including emails suggesting attempts to visit Epstein's island. Musk has publicly downplayed the relationship while managing fallout. Grok, advertised as "maximally truth-seeking", produced a baffling response when asked to compute the "probability" that New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani is related to Epstein based on facial similarities. The request referenced images and circled facial features; there is no evidence linking Mamdani's mother, Mira Nair, to criminal activity.
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