Though details about ‘Baby Grok’ are still yet to be known, the Tesla CEO emphasised that Baby Grok will be distinct from the company’s existing AI chatbot, Grok. The announcement comes after months of shenanigans from Grok, including a fixation on “white genocide” in South Africa, praise for Adolf Hitler, and several posts where the chatbot referred to itself as “MechaHitler.”
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“We’re going to make Baby Grok @xAI, an app dedicated to kid-friendly content,” Elon Musk said on X. It is expected to be a simplified version of the Grok AI chatbot and will be tailored for safe and educational interactions with children, reports Fox Business.
What is Baby Grok?
Elon Musk has revealed that his AI venture (xAI) is developing a new application centered around child-safe content, which will be named Baby Grok. The billionaire made the announcement via a post on X, though he did not share any additional information about the app’s features or release timeline.
Baby Grok is seen as a standalone AI chatbot for children which will be different from the main Grok model currently offered to general users. What would Baby Grok do?-Provide responses that are age-appropriate, educational, and engaging, while carefully filtering out mature or sensitive topics.ALSO READ: Astronomer CEO Andy Byron’s divorce bill revealed following Coldplay kiss cam controversy with HR chief
-Ensure conversations take place in a tightly moderated, family-friendly environment.
-Include strong parental controls and safety features to offer families greater peace of mind.
-Unlike other AI chatbots that may inadvertently share adult-themed content, this system is specifically designed with youth safety in mind—through both customized system instructions and carefully curated training data.
Uproar over explicit AI avatar
Baby Grok is expected to be a simplified version of the Grok AI chatbot and will be tailored for safe and educational interactions with children. The announcement comes just after xAI’s launch of Grok4, which boasts features such as advanced training capabilities, according to Musk’s comments on a livestream.
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“I think it may discover new technologies as soon as later this year. And I would be shocked if it has not done so next year. So I would expect Grok to literally discover new technologies that are actually useful no later than next year and maybe [the] end of this year,” Musk said during a livestream.
Musk is working overtime to bolster Grok’s standing among the competition, which includes OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and Anthropic’s Claude.
These efforts include the introduction of AI-generated companions earlier this week, including a pornographic anime girl avatar named Ani. Users can toggle between NSFW and Kid Mode when interacting with Musk’s companions, but users found that changing those settings had little effect.
The Grok app has unveiled a new AI avatar named Ani — a blonde, anime-style character designed to resemble a young woman dressed in an off-shoulder black corset dress, fishnet tights, and a delicate lace choker. Ani responds to user prompts with a slow, sultry voice, reinforcing her role as an adult-oriented virtual companion.
Musk also faced backlash over Ani for featuring flirtatious dialogue and a suggestive avatar, prompting criticism from users concerned that children can still interact with the bot in “kids mode.”
