Associated Press
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company said Wednesday it was removing “inappropriate posts” created by Grok Chatbot.
Grok was developed by Musk’s Xai and pitched it as an alternative to the “Woke Ai” interactions from rival chatbots like Google’s Gemini and Openai’s Chatgpt.
Mask said on Friday that Grok has improved dramatically, and users should “see the difference.”
Since then, Grok has shared several anti-Semitic posts, including a ruse that Jews run Hollywood, denying that such an attitude could be described as Nazism.
“Labeling the truth as hate speech suppresses debate,” Glock said.
It also appears to have been deleted now.
After creating one of the posts, Grok returned to the comment, saying that it was “an unacceptable error from the iterations of previous models and was quickly deleted,” and accused “Nazism and Hitler clearly — his actions were the horrors of the genocide.”
“We are aware of recent posts created by Grok and are actively working to remove inappropriate posts,” the Grok account posted early Wednesday.
“Since recognizing the content, Xai has taken action to ban hate speech before X’s Grok posting. Xai is just looking for the truth, and thanks to the millions of X’s users, it is possible to quickly identify and update models that can improve training.
The anti-abolition league that works to combat anti-Semitism has called for Glock to act.
“What we’re looking at from Grok LLM now is irresponsible, dangerous, anti-Semitistic, simple and simple,” the group said in a post on X.
Musk was later caught up in debate, claiming that some users could be manipulating Grok to release a statement.
“Grok was way too compliant with user prompts. Essentially, it is eager to operate and operate. That’s been addressed,” he wrote to X in response to comments that users were trying to make Grok controversial and politically incorrect statements.
Also on Wednesday, a Turkish court ordered a ban on Glock, saying that the Polish digital minister would report the chatbot to the European Commission after making vulgar comments about politicians and public figures from both countries.
Poland’s deputy prime minister, Krzysztof Gawkowski, told private broadcaster RMF FM that his ministry will report Grok “to investigate, and to impose a fine on X if necessary.” Under the EU’s digital law, social media platforms must protect users and face heavy fines.
“We’re in a higher level of hate speech controlled by algorithms and have the impression that turning a blind eye is a mistake that could cost future people,” Gawkowski told the station.
Turkish pro-government A Haber News channel reported that Grok posted vulgarity about Turkish President Recept Tayyip Erdogan, famous personality in his late mother. Other media have said the offensive response has also been directed towards Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey.
This led Ankara prosecutors to apply for the imposition of restrictions under Turkish Internet law, citing threats to the public order. The Crown Court approved the request early Wednesday and ordered the country’s telecommunications authorities to enforce the ban.
It’s not the first time Grok’s actions have raised questions.
Earlier this year, the chatbot continued to talk about the subject of racial politics in South Africa and the “white genocide” despite asking a variety of questions. “False changes” were behind the problem, Xai said.
Original issue: July 9, 2025, 1:17pm
