Elon Musk Announces Plans to Retrain Grok AI Model

"...When you're Elon Musk, you don't have to rely on centuries of prevailing human understanding — you can create your own...."

"...Musk has for years endeavored to create products, like the rebranded Twitter and Grok, that are free from what he views as harmful mainstream constraints...."

"...Business Insider previously reported that Grok's army of 'AI tutors' was training the bot on a host of dicey topics to compete with OpenAI's more 'woke' ChatGPT...."

"...Gary Marcus, an AI hype critic and professor emeritus at New York University, compared Musk's effort to an Orwellian dystopia, which isn't the first time he's made the comparison...."

"...A revamped Grok could have real-world impacts...."

"...In May, just as Musk was stepping back from his work in Washington, DC to refocus on his various companies, Reuters reported that DOGE was planning to expand its use of Grok to analyze government data...."

"...They ask questions, get it to prepare reports, give data analysis, a source told Reuters, referring to how the bot was being used...."

"...Two other sources told the outlet that officials in the Department of Homeland Security had been encouraged to use it despite the fact that it hadn't been approved...."

"...A representative for the department told the New Republic that 'DOGE hasn't pushed any employees to use any particular tools or products.'..."

"...Grok has also had security issues...."

"...In May, after what the company said was an 'unauthorized modification' to its backend, the bot started to frequently refer to 'white genocide' in South Africa...."

"...The company quickly resolved the issue and said it had conducted a 'thorough investigation' and was 'implementing measures to enhance Grok's transparency and reliability.'..."

"...xAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider...."