AI's latest Grok 4 large language model appears to search for owner Elon Musk's opinions before answering sensitive questions about

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.

The ‘maximally truth-seeking’ chatbot checks Musk’s stance on topics around Israel and Palestine, abortion, and immigration.

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.

After Grok took a hard turn toward antisemitic earlier this week, many are probably left wondering how something like that could even happen.

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.

Elon Musk has confirmed the launch of xAI's latest language model, Grok 4. The highly-anticipated AI chatbot will be unveiled on July 9 at 8:00pm Pacific Time (PT), which is July 10 at 8:30am IST. The announcement comes after some skepticism surrounding previous Grok announcements and promises.

Grok AI will be available in Tesla vehicles next week "at the latest", the EV maker's CEO, Elon Musk, said in a post on X on Thursday.