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AI Grok Declaring Itself 'MechaHitler' On X Is Where 'Anti-Woke' Was Always Headed
On Tuesday July 8, X (née Twitter) was forced to switch off the social media platform’s in-built AI, Grok, after it declared ...
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How Grok Learned to Be a Nazi
In response, X mostly turned off Grok, and the chatbot’s official account claimed that “xAI has taken action to ban hate ...
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Bye-Bye 'MechaHitler': Elon Musk's xAI Quietly Fixed Grok by Deleting a Line of Code
Grok's Nazi-sympathizing responses sparked backlash this week, but the fix reveals how a single prompt instruction can shape ...
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Crypto Traders Mint Millions From Grok Glitching on 'MechaHitler'
MechaHitler is a fictional cyborg version of Adolf Hitler from the 1992 game Wolfenstein 3D, which gained fame in 90s satire ...
Linda Yaccarino Times X Resignation Perfectly After Grok’s ‘Mechahitler’ Meltdown
Linda Yaccarino has announced that she is stepping down as the CEO of Elon Musk’s X after two years at the helm of the social ...
X takes Grok offline, changes system prompts after more antisemitic outbursts
Elon Musk's X has taken the automated account for Grok, its AI chatbot, offline after it spent Tuesday afternoon pushing ...
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Grok’s ‘MechaHitler’ Glitch Fuels Surge of Meme Coins on Solana and Ethereum
A peculiar glitch in the Elon Musk-backed AI chatbot, Grok, has triggered a new meme coin frenzy on the Solana and Ethereum blockchains. This trend followed a n ...