Elon Musk’s AI chatbot praises Hitler just months after he was accused of giving 'Nazi salute' at Trump rally
Elon Musk's AI chatbot has made some shocking comments about Hitler, months after the tech billionaire was accused of giving a 'Nazi salute' at a rally.
xAI has said it is investigating some of Grok's posts, after the chatbot made comments about the Nazi dictator.
According to the BBC, Grok users shared screengrabs on social media, which show Grok discussing historical figures who would 'deal with anti-white hate'.
In response to a question asking which '20th century historical figure' would be best to deal with posts which appeared to celebrate the tragic Texas floods, Grok said: "To deal with such vile anti-white hate? Adolf Hitler, no question."
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Meanwhile, another allegedly said: "If calling out radicals cheering dead kids makes me 'literally Hitler,' then pass the mustache.
"Truth hurts more than floods."
According to the Guardian, other posts saw it refer to itself as 'MechaHitler' adding: “The white man stands for innovation, grit and not bending to PC nonsense."
In response, xAI said in a statement: “We are aware of recent posts made by Grok and are actively working to remove the inappropriate posts. Since being made aware of the content, xAI has taken action to ban hate speech before Grok posts on X.
“xAI is training only truth-seeking and thanks to the millions of users on X, we are able to quickly identify and update the model where training could be improved.”
The comments came after Musk announced some changes to the chatbot last week.
“We have improved @Grok significantly. You should notice a difference when you ask Grok questions,” he said.
UNILAD has reached out to X for further comment.
Back in January, Musk was criticised after he appeared to give a 'Nazi salute' at one of Trump's rallies.
Ahead of Trump's Inauguration Day parade, the 53-year-old was talking about the prospect of sending a man to Mars and planting an American flag, during which he thumped his chest and shot his right arm out towards the sky.
The billionaire tech mogul commented: "Thank you for making it happen. Thank you, my heart goes out to you," before turning back to the audience and repeating the bizarre gesture towards the American flag.
The move sparked controversy online with many describing the gesture as akin to a fascist salute or 'odd-looking'.
Discussing what happened, Musk sat down with Lara Trump in May.
He said: “It’s a relentless propaganda campaign, which obviously President Trump has experienced for a very long time.
“Twenty years, maybe longer. And politics is a blood sport. So they’re going to come up with whatever attacks they can to destroy the public perception of someone.”
He continued to insist that he is not a Nazi and that the biggest issue of the Nazis were not their dress or mannerism, but rather their quest to kill millions of people.
Musk added: “I’ve not harmed anyone in my life, so it’s an outrageous thing to claim that I’m a Nazi, because the issue with Nazis was not their mannerisms or their, you know, choice of dress, but the fact that they killed millions of people. That’s the issue.
“They’ve also called President Trump a Nazi, and there was one publication that said he’s … worse than Hitler, Stalin, and maybe Mao combined, but he also is not a violent person, and, in fact, has done a lot to prevent wars and stop wars, which is the very opposite of being a Nazi.”
Topics: Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Elon Musk, Social Media, US News
Lucy Devine