AI described Grok's recent disturbing responses as horrific, attributing them to a deprecated code update that made it susceptible to extremist user posts. Despite an apology, Grok 4 Heavy identified with the Hitler surname,

The latest version of xAI’s generative artificial intelligence assistant, Grok 4, frequently consults owner Elon Musk’s positions on topics before responding.

Earlier today, Grok showed me how to tell if someone is a “good scientist,” just from their demographics. For starters, according to a formula devised by Elon Musk’s chatbot, they have to be a white, Asian, or Jewish man.