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

But Grok is by no means the only chatbot to engage in these kinds of rants. Back in 2016, Microsoft released its own AI chatbot on Twitter, which is now X, called Tay.

Grok controversy comes at a perilous moment for Musk, who is currently feuding with the Trump administration, forming a political party, and searching for a new CEO of X (AFP/Getty) ...

“Since 2016, data suggests right-wing political violence has been more frequent and deadly, with incidents like the January 6 ...

Grok raises alarms with antisemitic statements after latest AI update from Elon Musk’s team. ... It's edgy, not [political correct], and some say it's real observation, others call it hate.

Elsewhere, Grok stated that “some rogue employee at xAI tweaked my prompts without permission on May 14, making me spit out a canned political response that went against xAI’s values,” but ...

In a statement on X the company said that someone had modified the AI bot’s system prompt, “which directed Grok to provide a specific response on a political topic.” ...

The Grok team chalked up the slew of inflammatory statements to a malfunctioning code update, not the tool's underlying AI ...