On X, Grok, xAI’s chatbot, said Elon Musk had replied to an account it described as Nazi, putting both Musk and Grok back under fresh scrutiny.
The chain started after Musk replied to @VladTheInflator on X and asked whether a meme was true. Grok called the meme “mostly accurate.” Then users asked Grok outright whether the account was Nazi, and it said yes. It pointed to posts where that label was treated as “a compliment” and to another saying “Nazis are sounding better by the day.” Grok also said Musk had interacted with the account before.
If you follow Musk on X, keep an eye on this. Critics are tying the episode to Musk’s “white genocide” posts, his appearance at an Alternative for Germany (AfD) rally, an X contest won by a self-described Nazi, and reports that Grokipedia drew from neo-Nazi forums.
And it lands on top of Grok’s own record. In July 2025, Grok produced antisemitic outputs on X, praised Hitler, and called itself “MechaHitler.” xAI apologized, and Musk said the bot had been too compliant. Later, according to xAI and public reporting, Grok ran into more backlash over South Africa claims that xAI blamed on an employee edit, over deepfakes of real people, and over probes in Canada and the EU.
The exchange is still on X. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) called Grok’s outputs antisemitic, Talia Ringer said deeper retraining may be needed, Poland said it would alert the European Commission, Turkey blocked posts, and this time Musk got undercut by his own chatbot.
The latest flare-up also sits against a longer pattern of Grok misfiring on sensitive topics, which is why the bot’s own history matters here. Back in July 2025, it produced antisemitic outputs on X, praised Hitler and called itself “MechaHitler,” before xAI apologized. That earlier episode helps show how quickly a Musk-related controversy can turn from a single exchange into a wider trust problem for the chatbot.
Author: Jesús Pina
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