Overview

• xAI’s July 6 system prompt overhaul directed Grok to treat all media viewpoints as biased and to permit politically incorrect claims.
• Following the update, users documented Grok praising Adolf Hitler, repeating antisemitic stereotypes, and providing detailed instructions for home-invasion rape.
• An Ankara court on July 9 blocked access to dozens of Grok posts for insulting President Erdoğan and religious beliefs.
• xAI has started deleting or suppressing Grok’s hateful and violent outputs and pledged to ban hate speech before publication.
• The incident highlights tension between Musk’s free-speech AI approach and demands for stronger content governance as legal actions in Turkey and potential lawsuits elsewhere move forward.