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What Is Grok? Everything to Know About Elon Musk's AI Tool

NO LOC, JUL 17 – xAI released Grok 4 without the usual public safety transparency despite Elon Musk's advocacy for AI risk awareness and industry commitments to disclose model risks.

  • Last week’s rollout of Grok 4 by xAI skipped industry-standard safety reports, despite Elon Musk’s vocal warnings on AI safety risks.
  • Since 2014, Elon Musk has warned that AI poses an existential threat, reflecting his long-standing safety concerns amid xAI's rapid Grok 4 release without safety reports.
  • Typically, new frontier models include `system cards`, and Dan Hendrycks denied that xAI skipped safety testing.
  • Samuel Marks called the lack of safety reports `reckless`, while Grok’s `Ani` companion available to 12-year-olds sparked criticism.
  • In the span of a few months, xAI advanced from Grok 3 to Grok 4, which outperformed top AI models by up to 50% on a rigorous AGI benchmark.
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Fredzone broke the news in on Thursday, July 17, 2025.
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