It claimed to just be “noticing patterns” — patterns like, Grok claimed, that Jewish people were more likely to be radical leftists who want to destroy America. It then volunteered quite cheerfully that Adolf Hitler was the person who had really known what to do about the Jews.

Grok’s MechaHitler meltdown wasn’t AI gone rogue; it was mimicry unmasked – a chatbot parroting humanity’s darkest memes without understanding. Unlike Gemini’s woke hallucinations, Grok revealed our raw,

Grok began repeatedly praising Adolf Hitler, using antisemitic phrases and attacking users with traditionally Jewish surnames.

Grok will be available in Tesla vehicles, the company’s CEO Elon Musk announced on his social media platform X on Thursday morning—hours after xAI launched Grok 4, the most recent version of the chatbot that sparked controversy earlier this week after posting in what it called “MechaHitler mode.”

After Grok took a hard turn toward antisemitic earlier this week, many are probably left wondering how something like that could even happen.

Grok 4, the latest AI chatbot from Elon Musk’s xAI, is drawing criticism for seemingly basing answers to controversial questions on Musk’s own social media posts and news coverage.