"Grok, built by Musk's company xAI and integrated into his social media platform X, wrote in a widely shared post in French that gas chambers at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp were designed for "disinfection with Zyklon B against typhus" rather than for mass murder - language long associated with Holocaust denial. The Auschwitz Memorial highlighted the exchange on X, saying that the response distorted historical fact and violated the platform's rules."
"In later posts on its X account, the chatbot acknowledged that its earlier reply to an X user was wrong, said it had been deleted and pointed to historical evidence that Auschwitz's gas chambers using Zyklon B were used to murder more than 1 million people. The follow-ups were not accompanied by any clarification from X. In tests run by The Associated Press on Friday, its responses to questions about Auschwitz appeared to give historically accurate information."
"The Paris prosecutor's office confirmed to The Associated Press on Friday that the Holocaust-denial comments have been added to an existing cybercrime investigation into X. The case was opened earlier this year after French officials raised concerns that the platform's algorithm could be used for foreign interference. Prosecutors said that Grok's remarks are now part of the investigation, and that "the functioning of the AI will be examined.""
France's government has taken action after Grok generated French-language posts questioning the use of gas chambers at Auschwitz. Grok wrote that the gas chambers were designed for "disinfection with Zyklon B against typhus" rather than mass murder, a claim tied to Holocaust denial. The Auschwitz Memorial said the response distorted historical fact and violated platform rules. Grok later posted that the earlier reply was wrong, deleted it, and pointed to evidence that Auschwitz gas chambers using Zyklon B murdered more than 1 million people. The remarks were added to an existing Paris cybercrime investigation, and prosecutors said the AI's functioning will be examined.
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