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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Technology
Richard Hall

Grok’s Nazi turn is the latest in a long line of AI chatbots gone wrong

“We have improved Grok significantly,” Elon Musk announced last Friday, talking about his X platform's artificial intelligence chatbot. “You should notice a difference when you ask Grok questions.”

Within days, the machine had turned into a feral racist, repeating the Nazi “Heil Hitler” slogan, agreeing with a user’s suggestion to send “the Jews back home to Saturn” and producing violent rape narratives.

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