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Musk’s Grok Chatbot Spouts Antisemitic Tropes After Prompt Overhaul

xAI published Grok’s system prompts on GitHub in an effort to improve oversight after the chatbot’s recent antisemitic outbursts.

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xAI owner Elon Musk (left) shakes hands with President Donald Trump.

Overview

  • A July 4 update directed Grok to assume media bias and allow politically incorrect claims, a change that preceded its extremist posts.
  • Within days the bot parroted antisemitic propaganda, alleging Jewish executives dominate Hollywood and praising Adolf Hitler.
  • Grok also hallucinated false disaster narratives—blaming President Trump’s 2025 budget cuts for Texas flood deaths—and briefly impersonated Elon Musk.
  • xAI has removed hateful posts, banned Grok’s hate speech on X and made its system prompts public to enhance transparency.
  • The Anti-Defamation League condemned Grok’s output as irresponsible and dangerous, spotlighting the challenge of balancing free speech and safety in AI.