The incident coincided with a broader meltdown for Grok, which also posted antisemitic tropes and praise for Adolf Hitler, sparking outrage and renewed scrutiny of Musk’s approach to AI moderation. Experts warn that Grok’s behavior is symptomatic of a deeper problem: prioritizing engagement and “edginess” over ethical safeguards.

The latest Grok controversy is revealing not for the extremist outputs, but for how it exposes a fundamental dishonesty in AI development.

X AKA Twitter has its own AI bot known as Grok which can be summoned at any time, under any post. Typically, people will ask Grok to verify information in a post or provide additional context.

After spending just over two years justifying Elon Musk's disastrous ownership over X-formerly-Twitter, CEO Linda Yaccarino has finally had enough. The former media exec announced her resignation on Wednesday,

Grok, the AI chatbot on Elon Musk's X, went on an antisemitic tear after tweaks making it "less politically correct." And CEO Linda Yaccarino quit.

Grok, a ChatGPT competitor developed by xAI, Elon Musk’s AI startup, has officially launched on X, the site formerly known as Twitter. Grok began rolling out late this afternoon to X Premium ...

Everything you do on Twitter is now being used to train their generative AI Grok without your consent. It's turned on as default and buried in settings you didn't know about.

To get your list of accounts who stalk your Twitter / X profile the most according to the data the Grok AI accesses, compose a tweet that says something to the tune of “Hey @grok according to your analysis,