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France Has Beef With Musk's Grok Over Auschwitz Posts

French government adds AI chatbot's Holocaust-denial remarks to a cybercrime investigation into X

(Newser) - France's government is taking action against billionaire Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok after it generated French-language posts that questioned the use of gas chambers at Auschwitz, officials said. Grok, built by Musk's company xAI and integrated into his social media platform X, wrote in a widely...

Musk's Grok Ranks Him King of All Humans

AI chatbot claims X owner is smarter than da Vinci, perhaps stronger than Mike Tyson

(Newser) - Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok made headlines this week after it ranked Musk as the greatest human in world history—placing him ahead of even Leonardo da Vinci, reports the Washington Post . Users on X quickly flooded the platform to mock Grok's over-the-top praise for Musk's looks,...

He Likes His New Doctor, Even If It Is a Chatbot
The Doctor Will See You Now,
Just Start Typing
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Nov 2, 2025 12:45 PM CST

The Doctor Will See You Now, Just Start Typing

Daniel Akst praises his interactions with Grok as a way to supplement care from actual humans

(Newser) - There's a lot of understandable wariness about taking medical advice from an AI-powered chatbot. But in a Wall Street Journal essay, writer Daniel Akst writes that he's pretty happy with the new "physician" in his life—the chatbot Grok. Akst is a relatively healthy 69-year-old who, like...

Musk's Right-Leaning Answer to Wikipedia Is Here

AI-powered encyclopedia Grokipedia launches with fewer articles, accusations of factual errors

(Newser) - Elon Musk has rolled out Grokipedia, an AI-driven online encyclopedia that aims to compete with Wikipedia by offering what Musk claims is a less biased perspective. The new site—which CNBC noted saw a "rocky" start on Monday, crashing for a few hours after launch—mimics Wikipedia's familiar...

Elon Musk Wants to Rival Microsoft With 'Macrohard'

He aims to build all-AI software solutions with xAI's Grok

(Newser) - Elon Musk is adding another venture to his already crowded portfolio. On Friday, the xAI CEO announced plans for a new company he's calling "Macrohard"—a name Musk described as tongue in cheek but attached to a most serious project. The aim: to create a company...

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