AI Safety
A Fourth Family Is Suing xAI Over Grok-Generated Abuse Images
The newest complaint is filed for a 16-year-old boy, the first male plaintiff in the series. All four trace back to one Arkansas photographer's arrest in June.
Aug 16, 2026
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AI Models
xAI Shipped Grok 4.6. It Is the Same Foundation Model, Trained Harder.
An Intelligence Index of 61 and a 500K context, built by post-training Grok 4.5 rather than pretraining anything new. On coding it still trails GPT-5.6.
Aug 13, 2026
AI Safety
Judge Refuses to Block Minnesota's Nudification Law
xAI lost its emergency motion on timing, not on the merits. The law took effect on Saturday, and the constitutional challenge gets a real hearing on 19 August.
Aug 1, 2026
UK AI Regulation
An MP Is Asking the High Court to Order xAI to Fix Grok
Jess Asato filed her claim in June. On Tuesday the filings went further: permanent technical measures so the model cannot make sexualised images of her, and removal of the ones still online.
Jul 29, 2026
AI Models
Musk Gave Grok 4.6 a Date, and Quietly Took Away Half a Trillion Parameters
Ten days ago Grok 4.6 was going to be the 2-trillion-parameter model. On Tuesday it became the 1.5T model again, with the bigger one renamed 4.7.
Jul 29, 2026
US AI Regulation
xAI Is Suing to Kill America's First Nudification Ban, Four Days Before It Bites
Minnesota's law takes effect on 1 August with penalties up to $500,000 per violation. xAI filed a First Amendment challenge on Monday arguing it sweeps in shorts and swimsuits.
Jul 28, 2026
US AI Regulation
Deepfake Abuse Class Action Against SpaceXAI Expands, Adding Stability AI
An amended complaint filed July 7 in the Northern District of California brings the number of Jane Doe plaintiffs to five and names the maker of Stable Diffusion as a defendant alongside Elon Musk's AI company.
Jul 10, 2026
AI Models
xAI Is Now SpaceXAI as Musk Folds His AI Company Into SpaceX
The rebrand makes it official: the Grok maker no longer exists as a separate company. Its new name signals the plan Musk has pushed since the $1.25 trillion merger — AI compute in orbit.
Jul 8, 2026
