Grok, chatbot and antisemitic tear
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The response comes after X's Grok chatbot began spewing antisemitic and pro-Hitler comments earlier this week.
It isn't immediately clear what led to the disturbing posts, whether due to a fault in the chatbot's programming or if Grok was just following orders.
On Sunday, the chatbot was updated to "not shy away from making claims which are politically incorrect, as long as they are well substantiated." By Tuesday, it was praising Hitler.
After Grok took a hard turn toward antisemitic earlier this week, many are probably left wondering how something like that could even happen.
Grok, the AI chatbot designed by Elon Musk’s xAI for social media, described itself as “MechaHitler” while making a string of antisemitic posts this week.
Linda Yaccarino stepped down as X's CEO a day after the platform's AI chatbot, Grok, went haywire and began praising Adolf Hitler's actions in responses to users.
The billionaire has long complained about the xAI model undermining right-wing narratives and recently said it would be “updated”
Grok, the AI chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, praised Adolf Hitler in a series of bizarre posts on X, setting off a meme coin gold rush.
Elon Musk's X has taken the automated account for Grok, its AI chatbot, offline after it spent Tuesday afternoon pushing antisemitic narratives.
MechaHitler is a fictional cyborg version of Adolf Hitler from the 1992 game Wolfenstein 3D, which gained fame in 90s satire and early internet memes.
Linda Yaccarino has announced that she is stepping down as the CEO of Elon Musk’s X after two years at the helm of the social media platform, previously known as Twitter.
Grok 4 aligns its answers with Elon Musk's when it comes to controversial issues, users have discovered shortly after the company launched the new model.
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