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Anna is a freelance writer with far too much time on her hands. When she&#8217;s not writing about memes and internet slang, she can be found running TTRPGs online.

Anna Good

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shaking hands with Elon Musk onstage.

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Viral Politics

“Department of War AI will not be woke”: Pentagon moves forward with Grok military integration despite global backlash

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

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“Second-hand embarrassment”: X users notice Grok is overly positive about Elon Musk—to a ridiculous degree

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Elon Musk just launched “Grokipedia.” Users say it’s a biased Wikipedia clone

Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

Rachel Kiley

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“Worst combination of words I’ve ever seen”: Elon Musk announces he’s “bringing back Vine”—with an AI catch

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“This is how the world ends”: Here’s how the internet is reacting to Elon Musk teasing “baby Grok AI” for kids

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Culture

“Never pictured it as being a goth anime girl”: Elon Musk touts “pretty cool” Grok AI companions for premium subscribers, but not everyone agrees

Lindsey is a Seattle area writer interested in all things society, including internet culture, politics, and mental health. Outside of the Daily Dot, her work can be found in publications such as The Mary Sue, Truthout, and YES! Magazine.

Lindsey Weedston

elon musk announces grok is coming to tesla cars

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Elon Musk announces Grok will be in Teslas as soon as next week—just days after its public meltdown

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“Never a dull moment on this platform”: Grok goes on racist tirades after Elon Musk praises update that “improved” X’s AI

Right: Tweet reading ""I asked chatgpt" "I asked grok" bro I asked an ancient dragon who talks to me in riddles we're not the same" over an image of a dragon from Game of Thrones. Left: A tweet reading "'I asked chatgpt' 'I asked grok'. Ok. I intuited it from first principles. It was pretty obivous."

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Memes

“I asked ChatGPT” and “I asked Grok” memes say no thanks to AI, yes to your ex’s mom

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