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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Technology
Josh Taylor Technology reporter

Musk’s AI firm forced to delete posts praising Hitler from Grok chatbot

Illustration shows 3D-printed miniature model of Elon Musk and X logo
Elon Musk’s AI company was forced to delete posts from chatbot Grok after they praised Hitler. Illustration: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI has deleted “inappropriate” posts on X after the company’s chatbot, Grok, began praising Adolf Hitler, referring to itself as MechaHitler and making antisemitic comments in response to user queries.

In some now-deleted posts, it referred to a person with a common Jewish surname as someone who was “celebrating the tragic deaths of white kids” in the Texas floods as “future fascists”.

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