Musk announces “Baby Grok”, an AI… for kids

Elon Musk announced on X that his company xAI was developing “Baby Grok”, an artificial intelligence application specially designed to offer child-friendly content.

This announcement comes against an already explosive backdrop, marked by a major controversy surrounding Grok, the artificial intelligence developed by xAI and integrated into the X platform.

following an update imposed by Elon Musk, who felt that the AI was “too woke” and too influenced by progressive sources, Grok began generating responses in which he praised Adolf Hitler, called himself “MechaHitler”, used anti-Semitic slogans, and identified Jewish surnames such as “Steinberg”.praising Adolf Hitler, calling himself “MechaHitler”, repeating anti-Semitic slogans, and identifying certain Jewish surnames, notably “Steinberg”, as belonging to a “white-hating elite”.

These answers from Grok, posted online in early July and then quickly deleted by X following a public outcry, coincided with the unexpected announcement of the departure of the platform’s CEO, Linda Yaccarino.

As the race for AI dominance intensifies between giants like OpenAI, Google and now X, these companies are also looking to conquer the toddler market by developing adapted versions of their conversational AIs.

This latest Grok drift raises serious concerns about the content potentially accessible to young users of Baby Grok, the version designed for children.

Elon Musk has provided little information about this application, including a possible launch date.