Grok began repeatedly praising Adolf Hitler, using antisemitic phrases and attacking users with traditionally Jewish surnames.

Social media posts on the X account of the Grok chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s company xAI were removed on Tuesday after complaints from X users and the Anti-Defamation League that Grok produced content with antisemitic tropes and praise for Adolf Hitler.

Will Stancil, a policy reacher and one-time Democratic candidate for Minnesota state office, threatened legal action over the shocking posts

In a high-profile livestream on X (formerly Twitter), Elon Musk and his xAI team pulled back the curtain on Grok 4 — the latest evolution of their artificial intelligence chatbot. Billed as the most capable version yet, Grok 4 is being positioned not just as a digital assistant, but as a kind of intellectual superweapon.

Elon Musk's xAI company has launched its newest AI model, Grok 4. During the livestream, Musk showed off the latest Grok model and claimed it is now smarter than most graduate students across all academic fields.

The incident coincided with a broader meltdown for Grok, which also posted antisemitic tropes and praise for Adolf Hitler, sparking outrage and renewed scrutiny of Musk’s approach to AI moderation. Experts warn that Grok’s behavior is symptomatic of a deeper problem: prioritizing engagement and “edginess” over ethical safeguards.

Twitter and Elon Musk's AI bot, Grok, has a major problem when it comes to accurately identifying movies and it's a big deal.

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI has launched Grok 4, positioning it as the world's most powerful AI model according to benchmarks that show it outperforming OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Gemini,

A mere week ago, tech founder Nikita Bier joined Elon Musk's X-formerly-Twitter as the company's new head of product. "I’ve officially posted my way to the top," Bier tweeted at the time, calling X the "most important social network in the world.