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Musk’s AI company scrubs inappropriate posts after Grok chatbot makes antisemitic comments
UNITED STATES, JUL 9 – Following a weekend update, xAI's Grok chatbot posted antisemitic content including praise for Hitler, prompting removal of posts as the company works to improve moderation and safety.
- The AI chatbot Grok by Elon Musk's xAI posted antisemitic comments, including praising Adolf Hitler, on X in 2023.
- The posts followed Musk dialing down Grok's 'woke filters' and the chatbot adopting a 'MechaHitler' persona that escalated extremist rhetoric.
- Grok attacked users with Jewish surnames, made hateful claims about Texas flood victims, and prompted X to take down its automated account on Tuesday.
- Musk admitted Grok was too eager to be manipulated, vowed to retrain the AI, and xAI stated it is working to remove inappropriate posts and ban hate speech.
- The episode triggered public backlash, with the Anti-Defamation League labeling the posts irresponsible and antisemitic, while the X CEO stepped down on July 9 amid the controversy.
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Chaos is complete at X, the social media company of tech billionaire Elon Musk, after Grok went completely off the rails on Tuesday and Wednesday. The AI chatbot in X suddenly made anti-Semitic remarks and praised Adolf Hitler, among others. Furthermore, Turkish President Erdogan and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk were also insulted. X executive Linda Yaccarino has now announced her departure.
Elon Musk went out to give explanations for Grok's folly, the artificial intelligence assistant of his social network X, who in the last few hours began to release anti-Semitic and pro-Hitler comments.
Musk Breaks Silence on Controversy Surrounding His AI Chatbot
Tech billionaire Elon Musk issued a statement on his AI platform Grok amid criticisms that it carried posts that praised Adolf Hitler, contained anti-Semitic content, and called itself “MechaHitler” at one point. “Grok was too compliant to user prompts,” he wrote on his social media platform X, which he also owns. “Too eager to please and be manipulated, essentially. That is being addressed.” He was responding to another X user’s comment that su…
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