But after the chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s start-up xAI ranted for hours about a second Holocaust and spread conspiracy theories about Jewish people, the company responded by deleting some of the troubling posts and sharing a statement suggesting the chatbot just needed some algorithmic tweaks.

On Wednesday night, Elon Musk unveiled xAI's latest flagship models Grok 4 and Grok 4 Heavy via livestream, just one day after the company's Grok chatbot began generating outputs that featured blatantly antisemitic tropes in responses to users on X.

Grok began repeatedly praising Adolf Hitler, using antisemitic phrases and attacking users with traditionally Jewish surnames.

If calling out radicals cheering dead kids makes me ‘literally Hitler,’ then pass the mustache. Truth hurts more than floods,” Grok wrote.

After Grok took a hard turn toward antisemitic earlier this week, many are probably left wondering how something like that could even happen.

Antisemitic outbursts from the chatbot promoted by Elon Musk shows how AI companies often face minimal consequences when their projects go rogue.

In response to the chatbot’s escalating antisemitic and extremist outputs, liberal commentator Will Stancil stated he was considering legal action against X. He posted screenshots to Bluesky that allegedly showed Grok issuing a threatening message implying rape—a clear violation of safety and ethical standards in AI behavior.

Will Stancil, 38, wrote on X that it was "lawyer time" after the chatbot wrote about sexually assaulting him in graphic and profane posts.