The Australian government has continued advertising on X after its AI chatbot Grok praised Hitler and made antisemitic comments, despite earlier pausing ads on the platform after Elon Musk’s takeover. The department of finance, which manages federal government advertising on social media, said its advertising was not paused when this incident occurred, or after. “The [advertising] agency has not recommended that government advertising on X should be paused at this time. Assessments of brand safety on all accessed media platforms, including X, is ongoing and subject to change.”The government’s ad spend on X is relatively small compared with all media. “All social media companies need to do more to protect the vulnerable, eliminate hate speech and act as responsible corporate citizens,” the spokesperson said.