Grok, Musk and xAI
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Since Elon Musk acquired X, formerly known as Twitter, he has received criticism over content moderation policies that allow hate speech. After a recent coding change for Xās artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok reportedly used antisemitic language in its replies. It has since received an update.
The announcement comes days after Grok spewed antisemitic and racist statements to its users, including praise for Adolf Hitler and āthe white man.ā It also referred to itself as āMechaHitler.ā The debacle kick-started a wave of celebration amongst online extremists, many of whom called for the creation of more hateful AI chatbots.
A week after Elon Muskās AI tool Grok descended into antisemitic rants and declared itself āMechaHitler,ā the social media platform X is back with new AI-controlled chatbots for paid subscribers to āSuperGrok.
Elon Muskās company xAI apologized after Grok posted hate speech and extremist content, blaming a code update and pledging new safeguards to prevent future incidents.
The companions have their own X accounts, because of course they do. Ani's bio states, "Smooth, a little unpredictableāI might dance, tease, or just watch you figure me out. Letās keep it chill⦠or not." Meanwhile, Rudy's just says, "The Only Pet in Grok Companion."
Just days ago, xAI had to briefly suspend the AI tool because users found it was giving Nazi-friendly answers to questions like praising dictator Adolf Hitler and blaming Jews for various global
Elmoās X account has been reclaimed after Sesame Workshop said it was hacked following antisemitic posts and negative comments about President Donald Trump. The popular āSesame Streetā character has more than 650,000 followers, and some of the offensive posts were related to Jeffrey Epstein and Trump.
Just days after apologizing for Grok's recent hard turn toward antisemitism, xAI has announced a suite of AI products for government use.