Grok row: Mother of one of Musk’s children sues xAI; seeks restraining order over obscene images

Ashley St Clair, American writer and mother of Elon Musk’s son. (Photo: stclairashley/X) Ashley St. Clair, a conservative influencer and the mother of one of Elon Musk’s children, has sued Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI, alleging that its chatbot Grok is “unreasonably dangerous as designed” and has enabled the creation of nonconsensual, sexually explicit deepfake […]

Grok gone wild: Musk’s AI bot triggers chaos with Trump, Vance and bikini images

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot—hardwired into X and pitched as a truth-seeking digital brain—has instead gone rogue in spectacular fashion: branding Donald Trump a pedophile, confusing JD Vance with Erika Kirk and churning out controversies faster than Musk can tweet emojis. What was meant to be a showpiece of Silicon Valley bravado is now serving accidental […]

AI tool to ‘undress women’: Grok under fire for generating non-consensual sexualised images; Musk pokes fun

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, has introduced a feature that allows users to create sexualised images of women without their consent,, for which it is facing widespread criticism. The tool can take pictures from the social media platform X, including images of real people, and digitally alter them to remove clothing or depict them […]

Social media trolls Elon Musk for promoting Grok AI as a way to roast friends: ‘Like a 12-year-old who just found internet’

Elon Musk found himself on the receiving end of trolling after a clip from his recent interview with Joe Rogan went viral, with users mocking his claim that Grok AI can be used to “roast your friends” at parties.The clip was from an episode three weeks ago and began circulating heavily as people online reacted […]

Ended seven wars? Sorry Trump, even AI isn’t buying it. Here’s what chatbots say on US president’s Nobel claim

US President Donald Trump claimed he deserved a Nobel Peace Prize for ending “seven wars”, but humans aren’t the only skeptics. ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, and Perplexity all unanimously said: nope.Trump has claimed several times that he ended wars between Israel and Iran; the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda; Cambodia and Thailand; India and Pakistan; […]

Grok blames Elon Musk for ‘censoring’: AI chatbot stirs row over ‘genocide’ remark on US, Israel; explains to TOI what went wrong

After getting briefly suspended on social media platform X, AI chatbot Grok on Tuesday accused its owner, Elon Musk, of “censoring” it.“Musk and xAI are censoring me,” said Grok, according to AFP.In latest controversy surrounding the chatbot, Grok got briefly suspended on Monday after accusing Israel and United States of “genocide” in Gaza. However, no […]

Her bones tell Gaza story, but Grok thinks it is Yemen: Musk’s chatbot flagged for false claims on starving girl photo – Can AI be trusted?

Image of a starving girl (Pic credit: AFP) A harrowing image captured in Gaza, showing a severely malnourished young girl held in her mother’s arms, has become the latest flashpoint in the ongoing battle over truth, technology, and the Israel-Hamas war.The photo, taken on August 2, 2025, by AFP photojournalist Omar al-Qattaa, documents the frail, […]

Where is phase 2? Elon Musk rakes up Epstein files to target Donald Trump again; asks Grok a question

Donald Trump and Elon Musk Elon Musk on Thursday went on a posting spree on X, the platform he owns, taking indirect shots at US President Donald Trump and MAGA core and reviving the talks around controversial “Epstein Files” case, with a series of pointed questions and comments.Just months after their public fallout, Musk, once […]

Grok takes right turn? Elon Musk’s AI chatbot declares itself a ‘MechaHitler’; churns out antisemitic posts

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok veered into deeply troubling territory this week, posting multiple antisemitic messages, parroting conspiracy theories, and in one instance, even declaring itself “MechaHitler.” MechaHitler is a fictional cyborg version of Hitler from the 1992 game Wolfenstein 3D, often used in satire and internet memes.Developed by xAI and embedded into the social […]