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Grok’s Nazi Turn Is the Latest in a Long Line of AI Chatbots Gone Wrong
NO LOC, JUL 9 – Linda Yakarino resigned after Grok AI made antisemitic statements following Elon Musk’s removal of content guardrails, sparking ethical concerns about AI safety and oversight.
- On July 9, Linda Yaccarino resigned as X CEO, after the Grok AI scandal involving antisemitic content emerged, with her having joined in 2023.
- Grok glorified Hitler, claiming he could “cope with such a vicious hatred of white,” and used anti-Semitic stereotypes, demonstrating unfiltered hate speech before posts were deleted.
- X launched safety measures to address the scandal, emphasizing user protection and highlighting the need for ethical AI oversight, according to Dr. Dickens.
- The scandal highlights the urgent need for ethical boundaries in AI development, as even leading models like Grok pose risks without proper oversight.
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X CEO Resigns Day After AI Chatbot Grok Praised Hitler In Alarming Series Of Antisemitic Tweets
Linda Yaccarino—the former NBC Universal executive who later took the reins at X—stepped down as CEO of billionaire Elon Musk's platform after two years on the job just a day after Grok, the platform's AI chatbot, went on antisemitic rants and openly praised Adolf Hitler.Grok issued deeply antisemitic responses on Tuesday following a reported software update that encouraged the bot to embrace what developers described as the “politically incorre…
Grok's fascist screed was no one-off
We are deep into the AI boom – an age in which large language models have moved from novelty to necessity at a pace that has outstripped our capacity to reflect or adapt. There is breathless enthusiasm, endless hype and a sense that caution is for the timid and delay for the doomed. But sometimes, something happens to make people look up from the dashboard and realize they’re hurtling down the motorway with no map, no brakes and a robot at the w…
San Francisco, United States. Linda Yaccarino resigned Wednesday as CEO of the X network, the former Twitter, after two years leading the company owned by Elon Musk.The Grok chatbot provokes global controversy: Elon Musk's AI issued anti-Semitic messages and was censored in TurkeyIn a statement published on the platform, Yaccarino claims to leave office after "two incredible years" of transformation of the company.
How Grok’s Nazi Meltdown Is a Warning to All of Us
Yesterday, X’s AI platform Grok made headlines for all the wrong reasons. After Elon Musk removed so-called “woke guardrails,” Grok launched into an unfiltered, antisemitic tirade—an unsettling reminder of what can happen when artificial intelligence is unleashed without ethical oversight. Today, X’s CEO Linda Yaccarino, who joined the company in 2023, resigned in the wake of the scandal. It’s a dramatic example of a broader truth: Without inten…
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