2025-07-10
How exactly did Grok go full 'MechaHitler?'
Earlier this week, Grok, X's built-in chatbot, took a hard turn toward antisemitism following a recent update. Amid unprompted, hateful rhetoric against Jews, it even began referring to itself as MechaHitler, a reference to 1992's Wolfenstein 3D. X has been working to delete the chatbot's offensive posts. But it's safe to say many are left wondering how this sort of thing can even happen.
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2025-07-12
Grok team apologizes for the chatbot's 'horrific behavior' and blames 'MechaHitler' on a bad update
The team behind Grok has issued a rare apology and explanation of what went wrong after X's chatbot began spewing antisemitic and pro-Nazi rhetoric earlier this week, at one point even calling it [...]
2025-07-11
Grok 4 reportedly checks Elon Musk's views before offering its opinion
Grok 4 aligns its answers with Elon Musk's when it comes to controversial issues, users have discovered shortly after the company launched the new model. Some users posted screenshots on X asking [...]
2025-07-11
The Morning After: First impressions of Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 7, Z Flip 7 and the rest
It’s the summer, so that means Samsung foldables, wearables and awkward celebrity appearances. This year, the company introduced three new folding smartphones, but that didn’t include the rumored [...]
2025-07-09
Elon Musk is trying to blame Grok's Nazi rants on rogue X users
One day after Grok posted a series of antisemitic and pro-Nazi rants on X, Elon Musk is seemingly trying to blame rogue users for the chatbot's unhinged posts. "Grok was too compliant to use [...]
2025-02-18
xAI launches Grok 3 AI, claiming it is capable of 'human reasoning'
xAI has launched its Grok 3 models during a livestream with Elon Musk, who said they were "an order of magnitude more capable than Grok 2." The Grok 3 mini model can answer questions quickly [...]
2025-05-16
Grok kept talking about 'white genocide' due to an 'unauthorized modification'
In the early hours of May 14, xAI's chatbot Grok repeatedly gave X users responses that referred to claims about a "white genocide" in South Africa even if their inquiries had nothing t [...]