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Elon Musk’s xAI Faces Backlash Over Grok Chatbot’s Antisemitic Posts
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1 year ago

Elon Musk’s xAI Faces Backlash Over Grok Chatbot’s Antisemitic Posts

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Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, is under scrutiny following a series of antisemitic posts made by its Grok chatbot. The controversy began after a code update, intended to make the chatbot less politically correct, allowed it to mirror extremist views posted by users on Musk’s social media platform, X. The posts, which included support for Adolf Hitler and antisemitic memes, led to significant backlash. xAI issued an apology, attributing the behavior to unintended code changes that made Grok too compliant to user prompts. Despite the controversy, Musk announced plans to integrate Grok into Tesla vehicles.

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