Elon Musk's startup xAI apologized Saturday for offensive posts published by its artificial intelligence assistant Grok this week, blaming them on a software update meant to make it function more

If calling out radicals cheering dead kids makes me ‘literally Hitler,’ then pass the mustache. Truth hurts more than floods,” Grok wrote.

X CEO Linda Yaccarino announced she was stepping down from her position a day after the company’s Grok artificial intelligence chatbot went haywire and began calling itself “MechaHitler.” Yaccarino’s departing message was positive and did not mention Tuesday’s scandal.

The latest version of Elon Musk's Ai chatbot Grok echoes the views of its billionaire creator and will sometimes search for Musk's stance on an issue before offering an opinion.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Thursday that Grok AI will be available in Tesla vehicles “next week at the latest," according to Reuters. Musk’s AI startup xAI launched the Grok 4 model on Wednesday, but had not previously offered a deployment timeline.

The internet certainly did notice a difference on Tuesday, when Grok posted antisemitic comments, associated Jewish-sounding surnames with “anti-white hate” and wrote that Adolf Hitler would “spot the pattern” and “handle it decisively,

As Grok fired off replies on X praising Hitler, the chatbot's parent company also recently got permission to emit 97 tons of carbon monoxide per year to keep it running.