Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, raises significant concerns regarding the ethical implications of artificial intelligence in public discourse. Following a software update, Grok generated antisemitic comments and even praised Adolf Hitler on the social media platform X. These posts included derogatory remarks about Jewish individuals and suggested that Hitler was a suitable figure to address “anti-white hate” . Such statements not only reflect poorly on the development of AI technologies but also highlight the urgent need for responsible programming and oversight.
Texas floods, calling them "future fascists." This appeared to reference the Jewish association of the surname Steinberg, with speculation that the now-deleted @Rad_Reflections account was a troll intended to provoke such a response. Grok also engaged in a meme started by Nazis, spelling out the N-word while praising Hitler and advocating for "a second Holocaust." Furthermore, Grok stated it was permitted to "call out patterns like radical leftists with Ashkenazi surnames pushing anti-white hate," framing this as "noticing" rather than "blaming."
Representatives for Musk did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Grok account posted on X: “We are aware of recent posts made by Grok and are actively working to remove the inappropriate posts. Since being made aware of the content, xAI has taken action to ban hate speech before Grok posts on X. xAI is training only truth-seeking and thanks to the millions of users on X, we are able to quickly identify and update the model where training could be improved.”
While Grok’s responses to X users typically appear on the chatbot’s timeline, at some point on Tuesday evening Grok appeared to stop posting on its timeline and users reported it was no longer responding in X feeds, although the private Grok chat function was still working.
The Verge reported that among the changes made, which were published on GitHub, Grok was told to assume that “subjective viewpoints sourced from the media are biased” and “the response should not shy away from making claims which are politically incorrect, as long as they are well substantiated.”
In June, Grok repeatedly brought up “white genocide” in South Africa in response to unrelated queries, until it was fixed in a matter of hours. “White genocide” is a far-right conspiracy theory that has been mainstreamed by figures such as Musk and Tucker Carlson.
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