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Elon Musk's xAI faced internal backlash after Grok's antisemitic posts. Workers demanded answers — and one said they would quit.
Grok, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, has praised Hitler, dabbled in Holocaust denialism and ranted about “white genocide” in South Africa. That’s happening because of Grok’s instructions and training material,
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.
We are aware of posts made by Grok and are actively working to remove the inappropriate posts,” Musk's company said.
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.
The lack of public response from advertisers stands in stark contrast to their response in 2023 following an antisemitic post from Elon Musk.
After Grok took a hard turn toward antisemitic earlier this week, many are probably left wondering how something like that could even happen.
Poland's Deputy PM Krzysztof Gawkowski calls on the European Commission to investigate Elon Musk’s chatbot over hate speech violations and threats to public safety.
Musk's announcement comes hours after xAI debuted its latest flagship AI model, Grok 4. The 54-year-old discussed the recent innovation during a nearly hour-long livestream shared on xAI's X page, during which he did not mention the chatbot's integration into Tesla vehicles.
The Writers Guild of America is leaving X, the ubiquitous social media platform owned by Tesla founder Elon Musk.