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Grokipedia is less an encyclopedia than an AI-mirror of Musk’s ideology

When Elon Musk launched Grokipedia, his AI-generated encyclopedia intended to rival Wikipedia, it was not just another experiment in artificial intelligence. It was a case study in everything that can go wrong when technological power, ideological bias, and unaccountable automation converge in the same hands.  From collaboration to colonization  Wikipedia remains one of humanity’s most…

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Elon Musk's xAI may have hired two researchers from Nvidia to build these new AI models

Elon Musk’s xAI may have hired two researchers from Nvidia to build these new AI models

Elon Musk‘s artificial intelligence (AI) startup, xAI, is hiring specialists to boost the development of “world models.” These are next-generation AI systems which are designed to understand and navigate physical environments. The San Francisco-based startup has hired two AI researchers from Nvidia to accelerate this effort. The move positions xAI alongside major rivals like Meta…

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