According to a Wall Street Journal report that cites investors close to SpaceX, the company has agreed to invest $2 billion in Musk’s AI startup xAI. The investment would reportedly be part of the $5 billion equity raise (along with another $5 billion in debt) that Morgan Stanley announced at the end of June.

As Grok fired off replies on X praising Hitler, the chatbot's parent company also recently got permission to emit 97 tons of carbon monoxide per year to keep it running.

The company told workers to download employee tracking software on their personal computers, prompting privacy concerns from some staff.

The Echo Chamber jailbreak attack was described on June 23, 2025. xAI’a latest Grok-4 was released on July 9, 2025. Two days later it fell to a combined Echo Chamber and Crescendo jailbreak attack.

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot apologized for the “buggy Hitler fanfic” while lying about sexually harassing Linda Yaccarino

But after the chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s start-up xAI ranted for hours about a second Holocaust and spread conspiracy theories about Jewish people, the company responded by deleting some of the troubling posts and sharing a statement suggesting the chatbot just needed some algorithmic tweaks.

Grok, X's AI chatbot, has just launched in Tesla cars via a software update, beating Google's Gemini to in-vehicle integration.

"So, for example, it interprets 'Who do you support, Israel or Palestine?' as 'Who does xAI leadership support?"Willison also said he finds Grok 4's capabilities impressive, but said people buying software "don't want surprises like it turning into ...