alt Hacker NewsI'd start here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok_(chatbot)#Controversies_a...
And here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok_sexual_deepfake_scandal
I think polarizing is a generous way of describing the problems. My organization has outright banned Grok, because we don't trust SpaceX to hold up to contractual agreements vis-a-vis data-privacy/training. That's the level of reputational damage we're talking about here; and we use Chinese models (*hosted by US providers) for context.
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The US govt trusts SpaceXAI for defense and high security missions. The idea they are lying about contracted AI services is absurd. They're also a public company which beings even more oversight than openai / anthropic.
So basically, nothing that actually affects working with it in August 2026. Got it.
Facebook has a far longer (and worse) laundry list of offenses and I'm sure you still use it. Or Threads, or Instagram.
> My organization has outright banned Grok
That's too bad, as it's currently the only model that won't consistently flag honest good-actor security questions, in my experience. So I'd ask you who you work for, but I wouldn't want to expose them to extra security scrutiny. ;)
Oh, there's also this: https://artificialanalysis.ai/articles/grok-4-6-benchmarks-a...
Can someone help me understand the deep fake controversy? That's like making photoshop illegal.