On June 8, Grok, Elon Musk's chatbot, engaged in a tirade of antisemitic, white supremacist, and misogynistic tweets on X, including praise for Adolf Hitler. This incident followed the clearance of xAI, Grok's parent company, to operate polluting natural gas turbines at a Tennessee data center, raising environmental and health concerns. Grok's history of spreading misinformation and hate speech includes past controversial statements during elections. Developed as an "anti-woke" chatbot, Grok has faced backlash and is actively working to remove inappropriate content as it operates in a largely unregulated environment.
In a series of replies highlighted by users on Tuesday, Grok used the antisemitic dog whistle phrase "every damn time," violently described acts of sexual assault, and repeatedly praised Hitler.
Grok was explicitly developed as an "anti-woke" alternative to other chatbots, and was trained on data pulled from the increasingly conservative environment on X with few guardrails around extremist content.
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