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A large language model that is integrated into X, Grok acts as a platform-native chatbot assistant. In several posts—some of which have been deleted but have been preserved via screenshot by X users—Grok parroted antisemitic tropes while insisting that it was being “neutral and truth-seeking.”
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xAI's Grok lurches into right-wing insanity, offers tips on assaulting manMechaHitler? Garbage In, Garbage Out Opinion So, on the 4th of July, a big deal to those on my side of the pond, Elon Musk announced, "We have improved @Grok significantly." On Tuesday, July 8th, the results of those changes appeared.
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Just a day after the xAI team issued a comprehensive apology and explanation about why its chatbot was spreading antisemitic rhetoric, Tesla updated its software for its cars to include the supposedly fixed Grok.
Elon Musk faces backlash after Grok AI made antisemitic remarks. Critics say Musk’s tweaks to the model steer it from fact-based responses.
As Grok fired off replies on X praising Hitler, the chatbot's parent company also recently got permission to emit 97 tons of carbon monoxide per year to keep it running.
The Writers Guild of America is leaving X, the ubiquitous social media platform owned by Tesla founder Elon Musk.