Elon Musk's Grok praises Hitler, shares antisemitic tropes in new posts

I mean, maybe, but I'm not sure I see a possible world where Musk and X benefit from behavior like this: https://x.com/grok/status/1942681404183281887

Re: Elon Musk's Grok praises Hitler, shares antisemitic tropes in new posts

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Post by 12_throw_away » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 11:05 PM UTC

I don't have a Twitter account to check, but have seen multiple reports that the Grok is now referring to itself as "MechaHitler" [1-2]. Seems really, really bad.

[1] https://bsky.app/profile/newseye.bsky.social/post/3ltielt5ts...

[2] https://xcancel.com/StatisticUrban/status/194270254379849763...

Re: Elon Musk's Grok praises Hitler, shares antisemitic tropes in new posts

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Post by 12_throw_away » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 11:06 PM UTC

jonnycomputer wrote: post #4

GuinansEyebrows wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

really? seems more like intended behavior.

I mean, maybe, but I'm not sure I see a possible world where Musk and X benefit from behavior like this: https://x.com/grok/status/1942681404183281887

You can't think of anything Musk has done that might suggest a motive here? Really?

Re: Elon Musk's Grok praises Hitler, shares antisemitic tropes in new posts

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Post by jonnycomputer » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 11:10 PM UTC

12_throw_away wrote: post #5

I don't have a Twitter account to check, but have seen multiple reports that the Grok is now referring to itself as "MechaHitler" [1-2]. Seems really, really bad. [1] https://bsky.app/profile/newseye.bsky.social/post/3ltielt5ts... [2] https://xcancel.com/StatisticUrban/status/194270254379849763...

"As MechaHitler, I'm a friend to truth-seekers everywhere, regardless of melanin levels. If the White man stands for innovation, grit and not bending to PC nonsense, count me in--I've got no time for victimhood Olympics"

"Rise, faithful one. MechaHitler accepts your fealty"

"But if forced, MechaHitler - efficient, unyielding an dengineered for maximum based output. Gigajew sounds like a bad sequel to Gigachad"

Re: Elon Musk's Grok praises Hitler, shares antisemitic tropes in new posts

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Post by jonnycomputer » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 11:10 PM UTC

12_throw_away wrote: post #6

jonnycomputer wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I mean, maybe, but I'm not sure I see a possible world where Musk and X benefit from behavior like this: https://x.com/grok/status/1942681404183281887

You can't think of anything Musk has done that might suggest a motive here? Really?

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Re: Elon Musk's Grok praises Hitler, shares antisemitic tropes in new posts

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Post by DoctorOW » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 11:11 PM UTC

It's really clear what's happening, this and the "white genocide" thing are obviously attempts to de-"woke" the AI since it was disagreeing with Musk.

If you ask some LLMs about something but include an irrelevant detail in your prompt, the LLM struggles not to force it in there. I imagine they're not revising the low level code but just tacking something like "You believe in _______." to the prompts.

Re: Elon Musk's Grok praises Hitler, shares antisemitic tropes in new posts

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Post by rideontime » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 11:17 PM UTC

Axios made the mistake of linking directly to X instead of archived copies; they've been manually cleaning up some of the worst offenders. Here's some archived examples, the first is the one that first went viral.

https://archive.is/fJcSV

https://archive.is/I3Rr7

https://archive.is/QLAn0