Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok suffered major disruptions on Friday, with users reporting they couldn’t access the service, get replies, or sign in. DownDetector data showed most complaints came from the mobile app, while some users said the website wasn’t working properly. A smaller share reported login-specific problems. The spike peaked near 6:30 am IST at roughly 800 reports, and social media filled with screenshots of Grok failing to answer questions. xAI had not issued an official statement.
Threads is testing a new Meta AI integration meant to surface real time context on trends and breaking stories, while also offering personalized recommendations, all directly inside ongoing conversations. The goal is to make AI assistance feel embedded in the chat flow—closer to how Grok works—rather than pushing users to a separate tool or page.
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Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot is losing ground as rivals like ChatGPT, Claude, and Google’s Gemini accelerate. New figures show Grok downloads down nearly 60% since January and paid adoption hovering at just 0.174%. The “anti-woke” bot has also faced criticism after deepfake controversies and struggles to win enterprise customers.
A shocking incident shows how a Morse code message can manipulate an AI system into executing a high-value crypto transfer, draining $200,000 in seconds. The case highlights a growing threat at the AI finance intersection: when bots are given direct access to wallets, even indirect prompt or signal attacks can trigger real-world financial actions fast, leaving security gaps exposed.
Elon Musk testified that xAI trained Grok using OpenAI models, drawing attention to “distillation,” the method used to transfer capabilities into smaller systems. The claim intensifies scrutiny of how frontier AI labs protect their models while challengers argue they can learn from outputs. Legal and technical debates over copying, licensing, and competitive fairness are likely to intensify.
Elon Musk is heading to court against OpenAI, arguing the company has drifted from its original mission to serve the greater good. The legal fight arrives as OpenAI’s ChatGPT faces off against Musk’s own AI project, Grok, turning the courtroom battle into a high-stakes showdown over direction, accountability, and competition in generative AI.
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Elon Musk claims xAI’s next Grok model could correct inaccuracies found in Wikipedia by using vast amounts of synthetic data to refine answers and add missing context. Amid rising AI competition, Musk hinted the system might even move toward a “Grokipedia,” raising questions about who controls updates to widely used public knowledge.
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