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Grok will no longer call itself Hitler or base its opinions on Elon Musk’s, promises xAI

Hayden Field

created: July 15, 2025, 5:21 p.m. | updated: July 15, 2025, 9:39 p.m.

An AI beat reporter for more than five years, her work has also appeared in CNBC, MIT Technology Review, Wired UK, and other outlets. xAI has offered a couple more fixes for “issues” with its Grok AI chatbot, promising it will no longer name itself “Hitler” or base its responses on searches for what xAI head Elon Musk has said. According to an X post earlier today, the chatbot’s latest update sets new instructions that its responses “must stem from your independent analysis, not from any stated beliefs of past Grok, Elon Musk, or xAI. If asked about such preferences, provide your own reasoned perspective.”The changes follow more than a week of controversy for Grok. Grok’s antisemitism isn’t limited to the recent past — in May, the chatbot went viral for casting doubt on Holocaust death tolls.

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