Elon Musk is βactivelyβ working to make xAIβs Grok chatbot βextra unhinged,β based on a former worker who spoke to The Verge about latest departures from Muskβs AI firm.
This week, following the announcement that Muskβs SpaceX is buying xAI (which beforehand acquired his social media firm X), no less than 11 engineers and two co-founders stated theyβre leaving the corporate. Some stated theyβre departing to start out one thing new, and Musk himself steered that is a part of an effort to prepare xAI extra successfully.
However two sources who left the corporate (no less than one in all them earlier than the present wave) reportedly informed The Verge that workers have turn into more and more disillusioned by the corporateβs disregard for security, leading to international scrutiny after Grok was used to create greater than 1 million sexualized photographs, together with deepfakes of actual girls and minors.
One supply stated, βSecurity is a lifeless org at xAI,β whereas the opposite stated that Musk is βactively is attempting to make the mannequin extra unhinged as a result of security means censorship, in a way, to him.β
Additionally they reportedly complained a few lack of course, with one saying they felt xAI was βcaught within the catch-up sectionβ in comparison with opponents.





