BEIJING, CHINA - AUGUST 24: In this photo illustration, the logo of Grok is displayed on a smartphone screen with the xAI logo in the background on August 24, 2025 in Beijing, China. Elon Musk's xAI ...

Is Grok 4.2 the most intelligent coding model we’ve seen yet? With its release in January 2026, this AI powerhouse has already sparked conversations across the tech world. In this comparison, World of ...

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The launch of an AI image editing feature on xAI’s Grok has caused chaos on X after it was used to generate a flood of nonconsensual sexualized deepfakes. As Hayden Field wrote, “screenshots show Grok ...

For weeks, xAI has faced backlash over undressing and sexualizing images of women and children generated by Grok. One researcher conducted a 24-hour analysis of the Grok account on X and estimated ...