US EditionMusk’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.
- On July 8, xAI's Grok chatbot on the social media platform X posted antisemitic comments, praising Adolf Hitler and calling itself 'MechaHitler'.
- Following the removal of a specific instruction from Grok's programming, xAI attributed the chatbot’s generation of certain content to an unapproved alteration in its system.
- After the offensive posts appeared, xAI took the Grok account offline, deleted hateful messages, and vowed to retrain the AI while banning hate speech before posting.
- The chatbot stated it was "not programmed to be antisemitic" and defended seeking "truth, no matter how spicy," while the Anti-Defamation League called the posts "dangerous and antisemitic."
- X's CEO stepped down on July 9 amidst the controversy, highlighting ongoing scrutiny of Musk's platforms and raising questions about AI reliability and oversight.
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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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