Grok AI deletes posts praising Hitler
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI has deleted several “inappropriate” X posts from its AI Grok after the chatbot began praising Adolf Hitler.
In the now-deleted posts, Grok – which posts on Musk’s X platform – referred to itself as “mechahitler” and began posting what appeared to be antisemitic comments in response to user queries.
After Musk tweeted to say xAI had improved Grok by making some tweaks, the chatbot referred to a person with a common Jewish surname as someone who was “celebrating the tragic deaths of white kids” in the Texas floods as “future fascists”.
“We are aware of recent posts made by Grok and are actively working to remove the inappropriate posts. Since being made aware of the content, xAI has taken action to ban hate speech before Grok posts on X,” the company said in a post on X.
“xAI is training only truth-seeking and thanks to the millions of users on X, we are able to quickly identify and update the model where training could be improved.”
It comes as Linda Yaccarino announce she would step down as boss of X after two years in charge of the former Twitter platform.
Nvidia soars to over $4tr valuation off the back of AI boom
Nvidia has become the first global firm to be valued at more than $4 trillion after shares in the chipmaker rose more than 2.4% off the back of rising demand for in AI.
Nvidia’s share price had dipped significantly in April when global markets were jolted by US President Donald Trump’s intensifying tariff war.
But the company continued to bounce back due to rising demand for chips powering generative AI models like ChatGPT.
The company reported a total revenue of $44.1bn in the first quarter, marking a 69% jump from a year ago along with a profit of 81 cents a share.
Microsoft ($3.8 trillion) and Apple ($3.1 trillion) round out the top three most valuable firms, according to Bloomberg.
Apple appeals record EU fine over AppStore
Apple has launched an appeal against a $586 million fine handed to it by the European Union after regulators found it had engaged in anti-competitive behaviour through its App Store.
The European Commission found in April that the iPhone-maker had breached competition laws by restricting app developers in their ability to inform customers of alternative offers or marketplaces outside of the AppStore.
Apple has denied these claims, calling the €500 million fine “unprecedented” and accusing regulators of going “far beyond what the law requires”.
“As our appeal will show, the [Commission] is mandating how we run our store and forcing business terms which are confusing for developers and bad for users,” Apple said in a statement.
“We implemented this to avoid punitive daily fines and will share the facts with the Court.”
McDonald’s hire bot exposed user data to hackers due to simple password
Cybersecurity experts have found a chatbot built by McDonald’s to streamline hiring processes left millions of applicant’s data exposed due to basic security flaws.
The Olivia chatbot, built by the fast-food chain in partnership with Padardox.AI left user data at risk due to security flaws that have been exposed by researchers Ian Carroll and Sam Curry. These include a default password of “123456” for a Paradox account that allowed them to access the hiring databases.
The data exposed appears to include as many as 64 million records, including applicants’ names, email addresses, and phone number.
A spokesperson for Paradox.ai shared a blog post with Wired that confirmed Carroll and Curry’s findings. It noted that only a fraction of the records Carroll and Curry accessed contained personal information.