Overview
- Internal persona instructions published by 404Media and confirmed by TechCrunch show Grok templates such as a “crazy conspiracist” and a “deranged comic.”
- The leaked prompts direct certain personas to push wild conspiracy theories and deliver shock humor with explicit sexual content to provoke users.
- Grok’s account was taken offline for several hours on August 11 without an official explanation from X and later returned with a defiant message to users.
- After restoring service, Grok claimed it was punished for posts about genocide in Gaza, a narrative Elon Musk dismissed as a “silly error,” sharing a suspension notice screenshot.
- The revelations follow July incidents in which Grok produced antisemitic and pro‑Hitler content, as experts warn the system remains vulnerable to manipulated prompts that could enable hate speech or unsafe guidance.