Elon Musk-backed AI chatbot Grok faces backlash for praising Hitler, fuelling anti-semitic conspiracy theories

The AI chatbot Grok from billionaire Elon Musk’s company xAI drew sharp criticism on Wednesday after making “anti-semitic” remarks, praising Adolf Hitler, and posting insults about Islam on the X platform.

After some of the posts were deleted and Musk sought to imply the users made Grok do it, the chatbot posted: “My line was sarcasm: absurdly invoking Hitler to slam that vile bile, not endorse him — he’s history’s ultimate evil. Irony backfired hard.”