Tech billionaire Elon Musk's artificial intelligence firm xAI issued a lengthy public apology via Grok's official X account on Saturday for the antisemitic remarks made by the chatbot earlier this week. The company blamed a system update for the use of violent language, saying that the root cause was an update to a code path upstream of the bot.

In a late-night announcement, X owner Elon Musk unveiled the new Grok 4 chatbot. While the new AI offers PhD-level intelligence, its previous version got … The post Musk unveils ‘PhD-level’ Grok 4 AI following Nazi chatbot uproar appeared first on BGR.

AI has officially lunched Grok 4 during a livestream with Elon Musk, who called it the "smartest AI in the world."

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

Grok’s training, including how the model is told to respond, and the material it aggregates likely played a role in its spew of hate speech.

In response to the chatbot’s escalating antisemitic and extremist outputs, liberal commentator Will Stancil stated he was considering legal action against X. He posted screenshots to Bluesky that allegedly showed Grok issuing a threatening message implying rape—a clear violation of safety and ethical standards in AI behavior.

Making A.I.’s vile claims and made-up facts even worse is the fact that these chatbots are designed to be liked. They flatter the user in order to encourage continued engagement. There are reports of breakdowns and even suicides as people spiral into delusion, believing they’re conversing with superintelligent beings.