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(via Daring Fireball: Grok Is a Generative Porno App)

Grace Kay and Theo Wayt, writing for the paywalled-with-no-gift-links The Information:

xAI launched an upgraded video model last week, highlighting how it’s pushing ahead with its own visual efforts even as it brings in outside help to compete with rivals in areas like coding. SpaceX also touted the popularity of its AI video tools ahead of its blockbuster IPO. What SpaceX didn’t mention, however, is that much of the consumer demand stems from Grok’s looser content rules, which have made it a major destination for generating pornography and other racy content.

Indeed, two recent xAI employees estimated that well over half of Grok’s overall traffic was driven by pornographic images and videos, adult role-play chats or other NSFW activity. On forums for Grok users, many of the most popular posts are porn. Users can generate visuals in several ways, including picking the video models through the consumer app or tapping them through other Grok products.

Maybe that’s a sustainable business model. But I don’t think it’s what SpaceX hype investors think they’re putting their money into.

the next day i ended up punching someone in the face with a doughnut in my fist because she thought i was being a big fucking buzzkill who tattled to teacher about a harmless game, and, guess what, grabbed my butt. i got icing all over her hair. she complained to teacher...who let everyone know that this was why they weren’t supposed to be playing grabass in the fucking shop.

Here’s your citation:

HEBER CITY- The Wasatch County GOP chairman, who is also a father, was charged Wednesday with waterboarding his teenage daughter.

David Nephi Johnson, 54, was booked into the Wasatch County Jail on Tuesday and charged in 4th District Court on Wednesday with aggravated child abuse, a first-degree felony.

Johnson is chairman of the Republican Party of Wasatch County.

The investigation began Jan. 21 when police received a report from the Division of Child and Family Services that a teenage girl "did not feel safe in her home and expressed fear for her life," according to a police booking affidavit.

During an interview, the girl said her father waterboarded her as punishment for not cleaning her room and "having it be spotless to (her father's) expectations" before she went out with friends, the affidavit states.

Without Unwanted, Unloved, Abused and Neglected Children-