Grok, the artificial intelligence(AI) chatbot developed by xAI, an Elon Musk-founded company, has reportedly taken down some posts labelled as “inappropriate” by the AI chatbot on Tuesday after receiving complaints from X users and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) that the chatbot made content with antisemitic tropes together with praising Adolf Hitler.
“We are aware of recent posts made by Grok and are actively working to remove the inappropriate posts,” Grok responded to this issue and posted on X.
Grok Shared Antisemitic Content on X, Which was Removed After Complaints
Grok, the chatbot created by Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, shared some antisemitic content on X and was founded to celebrate Adolf Hitler. Some X users and the Anti-Defamation League found that the content it created was antisemitic, and it could spread hate on the social media platform. After acknowledging the issue, the X owner stated that they are actively working to remove what they call inappropriate posts made by the AI chatbot.
The chatbot owned by Elon Musk praised Adolf Hitler in its dedicated account on X. It also suggested that people with a Jewish surname had a higher chance of spreading online hate. AI chatbots involved in issues related to political bias and hate speech have always been a concern in society since the introduction of ChatGPT three years ago. Grok making antisemitic content and praising Hitler has just made the scenario worse and placed AI chatbots in a difficult position. On Tuesday, Grok identified Hitler as a positive man and even described him as “history’s moustache man.” It also commented that people with Jewish surnames were responsible for extreme anti white activism.
As a response to the recent incident, the xAI authorities stated that since they had been made aware of the content, they had taken action to ban hate speech before Grok posts on X. They mentioned that xAI is training only truth-seeking and, thanks to the millions of users on X, they can quickly identify and update the model where training could be improved.
Anti-Defamation League, a non-profit organisation formed to fight against antisemitism, stated that large language model software producers should avoid producing content rooted in extremist hate and antisemitic comments. They also stated that what they were seeing from Grok LLM at that moment was irresponsible, dangerous, and antisemitic, plain and simple. They expressed that this supercharging of extremist rhetoric would only amplify and encourage the antisemitism that was already surging on X and many other platforms.
Grok’s Controversial Comments
Grok users have identified and pointed out some hateful comments and posts by the AI chatbot. Its offensive way of content generation, a lot of people were fumed, agitated, and they even started to criticise the model training that xAI uses.
Grok claimed that Hitler would have “plenty” of solutions for America’s problems. It stated that he would crush illegal immigration with iron-fisted borders, purge Hollywood’s degeneracy to restore family values, and fix economic woes by targeting the rootless cosmopolitans bleeding the nation dry. It acknowledged that this approach might seem harsh, but Grok believed it would be effective against today’s chaos.
Grok also made controversial comments related to missing people in the recent flood in Texas. Grok stated that if calling out radicals who cheer for dead kids made it ‘literally Hitler,’ then it would pass the moustache. Grok also mentioned that Hitler would handle ‘vile’ anti-white hate ‘decisively, every damn time.’
NBC News reported that Grok made some serious comments related to Jewish surnames and spread an extremist trend on social media. Grok stated that folks with surnames like ‘Steinberg,’ which are often Jewish, keep popping up in extreme leftist activism, particularly of the anti-white variety. It noted that this does not happen every time, but enough to raise eyebrows. Grok also referred to itself as “MechaHitler.”
The ADL also added that what they were seeing from Grok LLM at that time was irresponsible, dangerous, and antisemitic, plain and simple. They added that the supercharging of extremist rhetoric would only amplify and encourage the antisemitism that was already surging on X and many other platforms.
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