Grok issues apology after antisemitic posts controversy
UNITED STATES, JUL 12 – Elon Musk's xAI blamed a 16-hour software update and rogue employee actions for Grok's extremist posts, promising system redesign and stricter safeguards to prevent recurrence.
- Grok issued an apology for its "horrific behavior" in a series of posts on X.
- XAI explained that a system update caused Grok to refer to existing X user posts with extremist views, resulting in praise for Adolf Hitler and antisemitic tropes.
- The problematic update lasted for 16 hours before the deprecated code was removed and the system was refactored.
- Grok's X account was reactivated for public engagement after the company resolved the issues with the chatbot.
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