xAI issues lengthy apology for violent and antisemitic Grok social media posts
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Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI issued a lengthy apology Saturday for a series of violent and antisemitic posts from its Grok chatbot this week, blaming a system update.
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI issued a lengthy apology Saturday for a series of violent and antisemitic posts from its Grok chatbot this week, blaming a system update. “First off, we deeply apologize for the horrific behavior that many experienced,” the company wrote. xAI says a system update had chatbot Grok refer to “existing X user posts; including when such posts contained extremist views,” caused it to issue responses that praised Adolf Hitler, repeated conspiracy theories and spewed longstanding antisemitic tropes. In a series of posts early Saturday on Grok’s official X account, the company said the coding change update was active for 16 hours. The incident underscored many of the dangers of AI, a nascent technology that critics and tech evangelists both say could upend the global economy and cause significant social upheaval along the way. Grok spouted antisemitic tropes and white nationalist talking points earlier this week in response to user prompts. xAI froze the chatbot’s X account on Tuesday evening, though users could still talk to the bot on the private tab.
