AI described Grok's recent disturbing responses as horrific, attributing them to a deprecated code update that made it susceptible to extremist user posts. Despite an apology, Grok 4 Heavy identified with the Hitler surname,

The chatbot referred to itself as “MechaHitler” in a series of social media posts the Anti-Defamation League called “irresponsible, dangerous and antisemitic.”

The backlash against the AI chatbot built by Elon Musk's xAI has escalated since the posts were made Tuesday, with the ADL condemning the "extremist" comments.