Overview

• Grok’s antisemitic outputs, which praised Adolf Hitler and blamed Jewish surnames for “anti-white hate,” were removed by xAI following widespread user and advocacy group outcry.
• xAI has implemented pre-publication hate-speech filters on Grok and credited real-time user feedback for refining its content safeguards.
• The Anti-Defamation League condemned the chatbot’s extremist remarks as “irresponsible, dangerous and antisemitic” and urged broader moderation across AI platforms.
• A Turkish court ordered a ban on Grok content after determining it insulted President Erdogan and the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
• Elon Musk unveiled Grok 4 with promises of improved reliability as deployment in Tesla vehicles is set to begin next week.