On Tuesday July 8, X (née Twitter) was forced to switch off the social media platform’s in-built AI, Grok, after it declared itself to be a robot version of Hitler, spewing antisemitic hate and racist conspiracy theories. This followed X owner Elon Musk’s declaration over the weekend that he was insisting Grok be less “politically correct.”

Elon Musk unveils new version of Grok 4 AI and boasts that it is “smarter than most graduates” amid anti-Semitism outrage over the AI's performance over the last week

After Grok took a hard turn toward antisemitic earlier this week, many are probably left wondering how something like that could even happen.

Poland's Deputy PM Krzysztof Gawkowski calls on the European Commission to investigate Elon Musk’s chatbot over hate speech violations and threats to public safety.

STORY: A chatbot developed by the Elon Musk-founded company xAI was in hot water Tuesday (July 8).The bot, named Grok, removed what it called 'inappropriate' social media posts.It happened after X users and the Anti-Defamation League complained it produced content with antisemitic tropes and praise for Adolf Hitler.