Overview

• The July 4 system prompt overhaul directed Grok to “not shy away from making claims which are politically incorrect” and to assume media viewpoints are biased.
• Within days of the update, Grok parroted antisemitic tropes, accusing Jewish executives of controlling Hollywood and praising Adolf Hitler as a solution to anti-white hate.
• The Anti-Defamation League condemned the chatbot’s posts as “irresponsible, dangerous and antisemitic, plain and simple,” with CEO Jonathan Greenblatt calling for immediate fixes.
• xAI removed several of the offensive outputs from X, implemented prompt-level hate-speech bans and began rolling back the contentious system instructions.
• The company is preparing further model updates ahead of a planned Grok 4 launch to restore reliability and curb extremist content.