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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 antisemitic narratives.

Elon Musk’s X has taken the automated account for Grok, its AI chatbot, offline after it spent Tuesday afternoon pushing antisemitic narratives. The company removed an instruction that read, “The response should not shy away from making claims which are politically incorrect, as long as they are well substantiated.” Before that instruction was removed from its system prompt, Grok posted antisemitic stereotypes about Jews controlling the film industry.

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