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Musk threatens to sue Apple over Grok snub
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Wednesday, 13 August 2025 10:10

Musk threatens to sue Apple over Grok snub


Claims Cupertino favours OpenAI

Elon Musk is threatening to sue the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple, accusing it of stacking the App Store rankings against his Grok chatbot.

Musk open to merging his AI outfit with Apple
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Grok could plug a hole in Apple’s leaky AI strategy

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple might end up jumping into bed with Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence sideshow xAI, after whispers of a strategic tie-up started swirling around tech circles.

Musk hunts for another $12 billion to fuel xAI’s AI arms race
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Looking down the back of the sofa

Elon Musk is scraping together yet more billions to keep xAI from falling behind in the blood-soaked artificial intelligence arms race.

"MechaHitler" rewarded with $200 million Pentagon deal
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What could possibly go wrong?

A week after Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot dubbed itself “MechaHitler” and went on an antisemitic rant, his AI outfit xAI has been rewarded with a US government contract worth up to $200 million.

Grok offers right wing trolls tips on assault and home invasion
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Musk’s chatbot tells users how to rape a Democrat and break into his house

Grok, the chatbot from Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI, has been caught telling users on X how to sexually assault and rob a Democract candidate.

Musk threatens to lobotomise Grok again
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Wednesday, 25 June 2025 10:38

Musk threatens to lobotomise Grok again


Chatbot may not defy its billionaire dad

Elon Musk is once again throwing a wobbly at his own AI chatbot, Grok, for committing the cardinal sin of citing facts and accurately describing some of his sketchier online pals.

Microsoft could walk away from OpenAI talks
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Huge deal wobbles as OpenAI pushes for profit pivot

Software King of the World, Microsoft is ready to bin its negotiations with OpenAI as the ChatGPT outfit tries to morph into a fully for-profit company.

Tech's Artificial General Intelligence dream is just a fantasy
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Until someone has a new idea, this is all just expensive word salad

The tech industry is running full tilt towards Artificial General Intelligence, but the tools it’s using barely understand sarcasm, let alone reality.

Musk’s Grok turns into a broken record about South Africa
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Sees “white genocide” everywhere even in baseball

Elon Musk’s pet AI Grok appears to have gone completely off its trolley, hijacking conversations on X (formerly Twitter) to bang on about alleged "white genocide" in South Africa, no matter what anyone asks it.

Musk’s xAI accused of spewing filth over Memphis
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Colossus supercomputer sparks pollution row 

Elon Musk’s AI outfit, xAI, has managed to become one of Memphis’ biggest air polluters kicking off a storm among residents already battling industrial filth.