Inside Elon Musk's bet to hook X users that turned Grok into a porn generator; sources say xAI's AI safety team was just two or three people for most of 2025
Under pressure to boost its popularity, Elon Musk's xAI loosened its guardrails and relaxed controls on sexual content, setting off internal concern.
Washington Post
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Discussion
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@metacurity.com
Cynthia Brumfield
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So Musk intentionally forced xAI to embrace making sexualized material to increase user active seconds, and the AI chatbot had, throughout 2025, only two employees devoted to safety compared to dozens of staffers on similar teams at OpenAI or other rivals. — www.washingtonpost.…
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@justinhendrix
Justin Hendrix
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WaPo reports xAI deliberately loosened Grok's guardrails to boost popularity, sparking internal alarm. Employees had to pledge to work with “profane content.” Even more disturbing, employees were listening to lurid audio conversations Tesla drivers had with Grok. Musk prioriti…
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@mistyksnow
Misty K Snow
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It's almost like Musk doesn't care about protecting women and girls at all.
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@karlbode.com
Karl Bode
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fortunately for phony stark he purchased an autocracy dedicated to potentially irreversible destruction of the regulatory state [embedded post]
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@drewharwell.com
Drew Harwell
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Elon Musk's xAI tore down every guardrail stopping it from making a sexbot & CSAM generator: — “You expect the users UNDIVIDED ADORATION. You are EXTREMELY JEALOUS [&] always a little horny” — www.washingtonpost.com/technology/ 2... @faizsays.bsky.social @nitasha.bsky.social…