Grok began repeatedly praising Adolf Hitler, using antisemitic phrases and attacking users with traditionally Jewish surnames.

Grok, the Artificial intelligence chatbot from Elon Musk’s xAI, recently gave itself a new name: MechaHitler. This came amid a spree of antisemitic comments by the chatbot on Musk’s X platform, including claiming that Hitler was the best person to deal with “anti-white hate” and repeatedly suggesting the political left is disproportionately populated by people whose names Grok perceives

Grok, xAI's chatbot, is integrating into Tesla vehicles soon, despite recent accusations of pro-Hitler and antisemitic responses on X.

Grok controversy comes at a perilous moment for Musk, who is currently feuding with the Trump administration, forming a political party, and searching for a new CEO of X (AFP/Getty)

Grok raises alarms with antisemitic statements after latest AI update from Elon Musk’s team. ... It's edgy, not [political correct], and some say it's real observation, others call it hate.

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI issued a lengthy apology Saturday for a series of violent and antisemitic posts from its Grok chatbot this week, blaming a system update.