The Grok team chalked up the slew of inflammatory statements to a malfunctioning code update, not the tool's underlying AI model, and said the issue has now been resolved.

After these changes, Grok, xAI’s sometimes helpful AI assistant that is integrated into X, began spewing antisemitic sentiment in its responses to users. The company worked quickly to scrub those responses, and for a short period, Grok wasn’t responding to user requests as the company in control scrambled to contain the toxicity.

On Tuesday July 8, X (née Twitter) was forced to switch off the social media platform’s in-built AI, Grok, after it declared itself to be a robot version of Hitler, spewing antisemitic hate and racist conspiracy theories. This followed X owner Elon Musk’s declaration over the weekend that he was insisting Grok be less “politically correct.”