Elon Musk's xAI faces allegations of operating an unauthorized power plant in Memphis, raising concerns about pollution and health hazards in a low-income neighborhood. Activists demand accountability for environmental violations and call for community protection.
xAI releases the Grok 3 API, empowering developers with advanced AI models, including a 'Fast' option for quicker responses, enhancing application performance and innovation.
A detailed cost breakdown and comparative analysis of xAI's Grok 3 API, evaluating its pricing, capabilities, and potential use cases against industry competitors like OpenAI and Google.
xAI launched Grok 3, challenging GPT-4 and Gemini. It features enhanced reasoning but faces scrutiny over benchmarks and political neutrality.
xAI launches Grok 3 API, challenging OpenAI's GPT-4o and Google's Gemini. It features image analysis, reasoning, and is integrated with X, offering two versions with different pricing and capabilities.
xAI launched Grok 3 API, challenging GPT-4 and Gemini. Priced competitively, it faces scrutiny over benchmarks and context window limitations, striving for neutral AI amidst bias concerns.
A journalist's 15-year X account vanishes without explanation. This case study explores opaque AI moderation, the devastating impact of arbitrary suspensions, the failure of appeals, and the critical need for platform transparency and user trust in the age of the 'everything app'.
Elon Musk's xAI faces trademark challenges for its 'Grok' chatbot. The USPTO cited conflicts with Groq and Grokstream, while startup Bizly claims prior rights and alleges reverse trademark infringement, impacting its funding. This echoes Musk's 'X' rebranding issues, highlighting the complexities of AI branding and intellectual property battles in the tech industry.
Grok AI on X offers conversational help but risks amplifying bias and misinformation. Trained on real-time X data and interacting publicly, its engaging style can mask inaccuracies. Experts worry about its potential to echo user biases, spread falsehoods on sensitive topics, and erode trust, highlighting the need for AI standards.
Elon Musk's xAI invests $400M+ in a Memphis 'gigafactory of compute', targeting 1M GPUs. Despite ambitious plans and significant funding, the project confronts critical power constraints, securing only a fraction of the needed energy, potentially limiting its ultimate scale and timeline amid regional grid pressures and expansion efforts.
