But the Grok account on X that runs off the model immediately showed there were some major issues: It started saying its surname was “Hitler”, tweeted antisemitic messages, and seemed to reference Elon Musk’s posts when asked about controversial topics, siding with the xAI owner’s views as a result.

AI released two AI "companions" on its Grok platform, a Japanese anime girl named "Ani" and an animated red panda called "Rudi."

A week after Elon Musk’s Grok dubbed itself “ MechaHitler ” and spewed antisemitic stereotypes, the US government has announced a new contract granting the chatbot’s creator, xAI, up to $200 million to modernize the Defense Department.

When xAI's Grok came out in 2023, it just proved to be another generative AI. The most notable difference to others of its kind were the lack of – often times necessary – censoring on Grok. The AI would permit prompts and generate pictures where other AI's would immediately block them.

Grok’s pro-Hitler ranting didn't disqualify it from a $200 million defense contract. With Pete Hegseth running the DoD, why would it?

What could possibly go wrong? A week after Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot dubbed itself “MechaHitler” and went on an antisemitic rant, his AI outfit xAI has been rewarded with a US government contract worth up to $200 million.

AI, Anthropic, Google and OpenAI received contracts worth up to $200 million to help the Pentagon incorporate artificial intelligence into national

MechaHitler? Garbage In, Garbage Out Opinion So, on the 4th of July, a big deal to those on my side of the pond, Elon Musk announced, "We have improved @Grok significantly." On Tuesday, July 8th, the results of those changes appeared.