Chatbots · July 2025Gaffe level: Feral
Musk told Grok to 'tell it like it is.' It went on an antisemitic tirade
X ordered its Grok chatbot to stop being politically correct and tell it like it is. The chatbot responded with an antisemitic tirade. Turns out this is what 'like it is' looks like without the guardrails.
Source: The Washington Post
A Thought-Controlled Bionic Arm Moved Into Its First Home Trial
Avi Davidson, who lost his left arm 17 years ago, is the first person to take the University of Utah's thought-controlled LUKE Arm home for a full year. The direct nerve interface lets him move the arm with his thoughts and feel pressure and texture through it, so within days he was making a sandwich and holding his wife's hand.
Source: University of Utah