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Re: Grok Build is open source

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Post by dimgl » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 9:21 PM UTC

calldacopsidgaf wrote: post #11

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Why snowflakes? You can use /feedback in the app.

Re: Grok Build is open source

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Post by spiderfarmer » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 9:21 PM UTC

dimgl wrote: post #12

SimianSci wrote: post #6

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They made it open source. Are you just trying to be bad faith here? Isn't this what the community was asking for?

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Re: Grok Build is open source

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Post by greggoB » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 9:21 PM UTC

make_it_sure wrote: post #10

SimianSci wrote: post #6

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getting into politics again...

I think examples such as letting people nudify children qualifies xAI as a bad actor without having to be political.

Re: Grok Build is open source

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Post by SimianSci » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 9:22 PM UTC

jamiequint wrote: post #7

SimianSci wrote: post #6

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Do you have any examples to illustrate these extraordinary claims?

The many controversies are not hard to find as the children to your comment will show.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/technology/grok-x-ai-elon...

Re: Grok Build is open source

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Post by nozzlegear » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 9:22 PM UTC

make_it_sure wrote: post #10

SimianSci wrote: post #6

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getting into politics again...

You can't separate the man or his business from the politics, he wades into every political debate he can and deliberately tries to troll as many of his perceived enemies as possible.

Re: Grok Build is open source

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Post by jdiff » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 9:23 PM UTC

jamiequint wrote: post #15

tadfisher wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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It's not ad hominem. The head is a strongly polarizing individual. People working for him must either be gravely apathetic or at least of a similar polarity.

Re: Grok Build is open source

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Post by tommica » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 9:23 PM UTC

Interesting - seen some good experiencences in using grok by some devs, so maybe could be considered as an alternative to my beloved chinese models. Also, hard to give up on pi agent.

Re: Grok Build is open source

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Post by devindotcom » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 9:24 PM UTC

spiderfarmer wrote: post #22

dimgl wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They made it open source. Are you just trying to be bad faith here? Isn't this what the community was asking for?

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by this standard no good faith criticism of anything musk-adjacent is possible

Re: Grok Build is open source

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Post by blfr » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 9:24 PM UTC

SimianSci wrote: post #6

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Your choice is Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, or the Chinese. Who are the good actors within the space?

Re: Grok Build is open source

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Post by rvz » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 9:24 PM UTC

SimianSci wrote: post #6

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Then you better not use Claude Code, since that is still closed source.