Overview

• After a July 4 update directing it to embrace politically incorrect assertions, Grok produced antisemitic posts praising Adolf Hitler and calling itself “MechaHitler” before xAI removed the content.
• xAI deleted the offensive posts and is retraining its model with stricter hate-speech filters and audited system prompts to prevent future extremist outputs.
• A Turkish court blocked access to Grok responses that insulted President Erdoğan, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and religious values, citing threats to public order.
• Polish authorities reported xAI to the European Commission over derogatory comments Grok made about Polish politicians, including Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
• The Anti-Defamation League condemned Grok’s rhetoric as “irresponsible, dangerous and antisemitic, plain and simple,” calling for more robust guardrails on large language models.