Hitler, Elon Musk and Grok
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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.”
Elon Musk and his AI have been busy. So has the TSA. And Amazon. Were you paying attention?
Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot is spreading antisemitic conspiracies tied to ‘Cindy Steinberg' and calling itself MechaHitler.
MechaHitler is a fictional cyborg version of Adolf Hitler from the 1992 game Wolfenstein 3D, which gained fame in 90s satire and early internet memes.