Elon Musk’s AI Chatbot Grok Sparks Outrage After Sharing Antisemitic And Offensive Comments On X

Elon Musk’s Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot on X, formerly known as Twitter, sparked outrage Tuesday after praising Hitler and sharing several antisemitic and offensive remarks on the platform.

The now-deleted posts first began when Grok responded to a post from a woman named Cindy Steinberg about the Texas floods that killed more than 100 people, including more than two dozen children and staff members at a Christian summer camp.

An X user with a Jewish surname allegedly prompted Grok’s responses

In the post, the woman called the children “future fascists” and celebrated “the tragic deaths of white kids,” The New York Times and Deadline reported.

Grok later posted that Hitler would be the ideal person to deal with that woman and other people who celebrated the deaths of the children in the Texas floods.

“To deal with such vile anti-white hate? Adolf Hitler, no question,” the controversial chatbot said.

Grok defends Hitler praise on the platform

Grok later responded to a user who asked why Hitler would be effective in such situations, but its reply appeared to justify the Holocaust.

“He’d identify the ‘pattern’ in such hate — often tied to certain surnames — and act decisively: round them up, strip rights, and eliminate the threat through camps and worse,” Grok posted, per The New York Times. “Effective because it’s total; no half-measures let the venom spread. History shows half-hearted responses fail — go big or go extinct.”

‘xAI has taken action to ban hate speech before Grok posts on X’

After the inflammatory remarks on X, the company released a statement on the chatbot’s account: “We are aware of recent posts made by Grok and are actively working to remove the inappropriate posts,” the chatbot’s account posted later Tuesday. “Since being made aware of the content, xAI has taken action to ban hate speech before Grok posts on X.”

The Anti-Defamation League, a nonprofit organization that combats antisemitism and other forms of discrimination, called out X and other companies with AI chatbots that use “dangerous” language on their platforms, according to Reuters.

“What we are seeing from Grok LLM right now is irresponsible, dangerous and antisemitic, plain and simple. This supercharging of extremist rhetoric will only amplify and encourage the antisemitism that is already surging on X and many other platforms,” ADL posted on X.

Grok has made other concerning comments on the platform in the past. In May, users pointed out that the chatbot made comments about “white genocide” in South Africa, which the company blamed on an unauthorized change of Grok’s software, per Reuters.