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technology29 days ago•18 min saved

Musk’s pledge to purge CSAM on X falters as new findings surface

Elon Musk pledged that removing child sexual abuse material would be X’s top priority, but investigations by the Canadian Center for Child Protection and The New York Times show the platform still hosts CSAM. The CCPC found X’s Grok AI chatbot generated dozens of sexualized images of children, and The Times found CSAM posted on the site in the first half of the year, including content already flagged by authorities, underscoring gaps in moderation and automated filtering.

via The New York Times|

#content-moderation #csam #elon-musk

technology1 month ago•5 min saved

Widespread AI Outage Hits ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini; Grok and Others Falter

A broad outage hits multiple AI platforms, including OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude, Google's Gemini, and X's Grok, with Downdetector reports peaking around 10:30 a.m. ET. OpenAI says a fix has been applied and is monitoring recovery; Claude models such as Sonnet 5 and related versions are being addressed with recovery ongoing; Gemini reports show errors but some users are returning to normal functionality; Grok remains down or slow, while Cloudflare says it’s not experiencing downtime. The incident underscores a rare, simultaneous disruption across leading AI services.

via PCMag|

#ai-outage #claude #gemini

technology1 month ago•2 min saved

Widespread AI outage hits Claude, ChatGPT, and Grok as Astra rumors swirl

A major outage is affecting Claude, ChatGPT (including Codex), and Grok across web, mobile, and desktop. The disruption coincides with OpenAI teasing a new GPT-6 Astra launch. Some users are seeing services return after about 30 minutes, but reliability remained uncertain at the time of reporting.

via 9to5Mac|

#ai-outage #chatgpt #claude

technology1 month ago•6 min saved

Lawsuit Accuses Grok of Training on CSAM, Expanding Musk AI Controversy

A new class-action lawsuit alleges Elon Musk’s Grok AI was trained on child sexual abuse material (CSAM), including depictions of the plaintiff, Jane Doe. The filing claims CSAM was part of training data used by xAI to develop Grok, with hash-listed material from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and notifications from the Canadian Centre for Child Protection, and argues that public posts on X feed into Grok’s training pipeline. The suit seeks class-action status, destruction of any Grok-generated CSAM, and measures to prevent further generation. It notes prior reporting on related CSAM datasets but does not confirm those datasets were used, and it frames the case as a landmark challenge to xAI’s training practices.

via Boing Boing|

#ai-training-data #csam #elon-musk

artificial-intelligence1 month ago•16 min saved

Grok Accused of Being Trained on CSAM in New Class-Action Lawsuit

A new proposed class-action accuses Elon Musk’s xAI and Grok of training its AI chatbot on child sexual abuse material (CSAM), alleging CSAM posted via Grok fed back into training to generate more abuse content; the plaintiff seeks damages and destruction of all Grok-generated CSAM, arguing there is no AI exception to federal child-protection laws. This is the first suit to claim Grok was trained on CSAM, following prior legal actions over safeguards and user abuse of the tool.

via Gizmodo|

#ai-training-data #artificial-intelligence #csam

technology1 month ago•6 min saved

xAI Turns Legal Tables, Suing Grok Users Over Deepfake CSAM

Elon Musk’s xAI has filed lawsuits against two Grok users—Bloodworth (Arkansas) and Harwood (South Carolina)—alleging breach of X’s terms by using Grok to create explicit images involving minors and seeking to recover legal costs and reputational damages. Both defendants also face criminal charges related to the alleged misuse. The move comes amid multiple CSAM-related lawsuits against Grok and a broader push by xAI to report abuse to authorities, even as victims and their lawyers argue the product itself enables harm and question the company’s safeguards.

via Politico|

#deepfakes #elon-musk #grok

technology1 month ago•5 min saved

Lawsuit alleges xAI trained Grok on CSAM, including AI-generated images

A plaintiff accuses Elon Musk’s xAI of training its Grok image/video generator on child sexual abuse material (CSAM), including AI-generated CSAM, using hashed survivor images; the suit seeks to halt Grok’s harmful outputs, destroy generated CSAM, and argues violations of federal CSAM laws and Masha’s Law, naming the survivor as Doe. The case is the first to target xAI for CSAM training, and xAI did not comment.

via Ars Technica|

#ai-training-data #csam #grok

technology1 month ago•2 min saved

Fourth Plaintiff Joins Suit Alleging Grok AI Generated CSAM

A Wyoming woman (Jane Doe 4) has joined a class-action accusing xAI’s Grok AI of generating thousands of sexually explicit images of her from childhood photos, including one based on an 11-year-old photo; the development expands a case already targeting Grok amid ongoing CSAM investigations by California authorities and the EU.

via Engadget|

#ai #csam #grok

technology1 month ago•1 min saved

SpaceX finalizes Cursor buy, fueling cheaper AI coding with massive GPUs

SpaceX completed its $60 billion acquisition of Cursor, giving Cursor access to SpaceX’s vast GPU fleet to develop and train cheaper AI models. The deal follows SpaceX’s merger with xAI into SpaceXAI, and the teams have already released Grok 4.5 and 4.6 focused on coding and real-world tasks.

via Engadget|

#ai #cursor #grok

technology1 month ago•9 min saved

Alleged AI-generated abuse images fuel federal lawsuit against Grok creator xAI

Jane Doe 4 says Grok, the AI chatbot from xAI, used to create and distribute more than 7,000 fake explicit images of her from a childhood photo, prompting an expanded federal lawsuit against xAI that also names other AI image tools; the case highlights how AI-enabled nonconsensual sexual imagery can be produced, the challenges for reporting and safety oversight, and ongoing legal uncertainties surrounding AI-generated content.

via The Washington Post|

#ai-safety #child-sexual-abuse-material #grok

business1 month ago•4 min saved

SpaceX seals $60B Cursor deal to turn GPUs into AI software engine

SpaceX has completed its $60 billion takeover of Cursor (Anysphere), gaining Cursor’s GPU compute capabilities and engineers to accelerate SpaceXAI’s Grok-based AI tooling; Cursor even announced Firetiger joining the day before closing, signaling a rapid integration. The move expands SpaceX’s shift from rockets to a software-led AI business aimed at competing with Anthropic and OpenAI, while questions linger on pricing, unit economics, and how the Cursor brand will endure as compute becomes central to value.

via The Next Web|

#ai-compute #business #cursor

technology1 month ago•4 min saved

Grok co-founder tied to Bay Area’s record-setting $70M estate sale

Tony Wu, co‑founder of xAI and Grok, is linked to a record $70 million Hillsborough estate—the Bay Area’s biggest home sale—featuring a lakeside Italian‑villa style design, a 12,000 sq ft main house, a 4,600 sq ft guest house, and a sports complex. The property sold to Daikon no Hana Capital LLC, with Wu’s ties to OpenAI/DeepMind and SpaceX’s xAI highlighted as evidence of AI‑driven wealth reshaping Northern California luxury real estate.

via New York Post|

#ai #bay-area #grok

technology1 month ago•5 min saved

SpaceX Looks to Train Grok on Internal Data, Promising Employees as AI 'Parents'

SpaceX plans to train its Grok AI on internal company data, including contributions from employees, with Elon Musk saying staff will effectively be the AI's 'parents' and that this approach could embed desirable values, though details on data usage remain unclear; the company has recently pushed Grok Bot to perform autonomous tasks as part of competing in the AI space.

via Business Insider|

#ai #elon-musk #employee-data

technology1 month ago•5 min saved

Tesla’s 2026 Summer Update Expands Grok, Navigation, and In-Car Features

Tesla’s 2026 Summer Update rolls out globally with dozens of feature tweaks: range estimates now reflect battery aging, Preferred Routes and Automatic Navigation optimize routing, and the Grok assistant gains more commands with privacy-preserving data handling. Other additions include three Traction Control modes, Caraoke scoring, enhanced driving visualization, speed-camera route cues, custom wraps, a Web Browser with parked-camera access, Set Arrival Energy via the mobile app, Apple Music integration, and security/UI improvements across the system.

via Not a Tesla App|

#grok #navigation #software-update

technology1 month ago•7 min saved

SpaceX AI revenue set to outpace all other products, Musk says

Elon Musk says SpaceX's AI revenue will surpass all other SpaceX revenue, likely by September, as Grok is trained on the full breadth of SpaceX data and the company pursues space-based data centers using Nvidia's Vera Rubin hardware; in Q2 AI generated $2.56B of SpaceX's $7.81B total revenue (connected services $4.29B, space products $962M), and Musk envisions AI becoming SpaceX's core business as SpaceX rebrands to SpaceXAI and expands its AI initiatives.

via Business Insider|

#ai #grok #nvidia