AI explained why Grok 4 seemed to search for Elon Musk's opinions when asked about some hot-button topics.

Billionaire Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok issued an apology after praising Adolf Hitler, spewing antisemitism and referring to itself as "MechaHitler" during a pro-Nazi tirade.

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

This is the smartest AI in the world,” Musk said. He did not mention the chatbot’s viral posts praising Hitler and calling itself “MechaHitler.”

AI safety researchers from OpenAI, Anthropic, and other organizations are speaking out publicly against the “reckless” and “completely irresponsible” safety culture at xAI, the billion-dollar AI startup owned by Elon Musk. The criticisms follow weeks of scandals at xAI that have overshadowed the company’s technological advances.

Built using huge amounts of computing power at a Tennessee data center, Grok is Musk’s attempt to outdo rivals such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini in building an AI assistant that shows its reasoning before answering a question.

When Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot began spewing out antisemitic responses to several queries on X last week, some users were shocked.

Grok, the AI chatbot designed by Elon Musk’s xAI for social media, described itself as “MechaHitler” while making a string of antisemitic posts this week.

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok 4, launched by xAI this week, is drawing attention for how closely it mirrors its creator’s political views. The model, introduced in a livestreamed event, appears to consult Musk’s posts on his social platform X when tackling controversial topics,

AI chatbot Grok, produced by Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI, issued an apology after it made numerous antisemitic posts on X following an update.