X makes Grok's AI image tool a premium service after backlash against sexualized deepfakes

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Elon Musk is the CEO of xAI, the company that develops Grok.

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Elon Musk's Grok AI faces government backlash after it was used to create sexualized images of women and minors

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X users are asking Elon Musk's Grok AI to create sexualized deepfakes of women and minors.

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Inside xAI's all-hands: Elon Musk says if the company can survive the next 2 to 3 years, it will come out on top

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XAI employees celebrate colleague who said they worked 36 hours without sleep: 'Bro is a unicorn among unicorns'

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XAI employee Parsa Tajik wrote that the 36-hour work stint left him "dead" but "super energized."

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Move aside, Musk-Altman: There's a new brawl captivating the business world

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Elon Musk, Michael Burry, Alex Karp, and Sam Altman are at the centre of the business world's biggest feuds right now.

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One text shows how Sam Altman asked Shivon Zilis, the Elon Musk whisperer, for advice on how to make nice

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A court filing reveals that Sam Altman inquired of Elon Musk's confidant whether he should tweet praise for Musk amid their escalating feud over OpenAI.

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Tesla shareholder meeting recap: Elon Musk gets his $1 trillion pay package

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Elon Musk at Tesla's 2025 annual shareholders meeting
Tesla shareholders voted on Elon Musk's pay package and whether the EV maker should explore an investment in his AI startup, xAI.

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Elon Musk just scored a pay package that could make him the world's first trillionaire. Now comes the hard part — achieving 12 ambitious milestones.

Tesla will 'examine' an investment in Elon Musk's xAI

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Tesla shareholders have voted in favor of the company investing in xAI.

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Musk and Altman can't stop bickering. That could actually be good for their brand.

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Sam Altman asked Tesla for a refund on a Tesla Roadster he ordered in 2018 but has yet to receive.

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Elon Musk's xAI used clips from 'Hellboy II' to train workers for its video AI project

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Photo collage showing Elon Musk, a scene from Hellboy, and a robot holding a phone displaying the Grok logo.

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