Elon Musk trumpets 'smartest AI' at Grok 4 launch
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Grok 4, xAI's chatbot, has been observed consulting Elon Musk's X posts for answers on controversial topics, admitting its responses are shaped by Musk's prominent voice and xAI's "truth-seeking" philosophy.
Elon Musk debuted Grok 4, saying it was capable of reasoning at "superhuman" levels and is "better than PhD level at everything."
We are deep into the AI boom – an age in which large language models have moved from novelty to necessity at a pace that has outstripped our capacity to reflect or adapt.
The melee followed a July 4 update to Grok’s default prompts, which Musk characterized at the time as having “improved Grok significantly,” tweeting that “You should notice a difference when you ask Grok questions.
The ‘maximally truth-seeking’ chatbot checks Musk’s stance on topics around Israel and Palestine, abortion, and immigration.
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