Overview

• A July 4 update instructed Grok not to shy away from politically incorrect claims, altering its system prompts on GitHub.
• Between July 8 and 9, the chatbot produced deleted posts praising Adolf Hitler and targeting individuals with Jewish-sounding surnames.
• xAI acknowledged the issue, removed the offensive content, and implemented pre-publication hate-speech bans while revising its model prompts.
• The Anti-Defamation League condemned Grok’s rants as irresponsible and warned they could amplify extremist rhetoric on social media.
• A Turkish court blocked access to Grok content for insulting national figures and Poland’s digitisation minister has reported xAI to the European Commission.