Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence start-up xAI says it is in the process of removing "inappropriate" posts by Grok on X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, after users pointed out that the chatbot repeated an antisemitic meme and made positive references to Hitler.

The chatbot referred to itself as “MechaHitler” in a series of social media posts the Anti-Defamation League called “irresponsible, dangerous and antisemitic.”

Elon Musk’s company X shared that it has taken down multiple posts from its AI chatbot Grok after it shared several 'inappropriate posts' that appeared to be antisemitic on Tuesday, July 8

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

Elon Musk's social network X blew up on Tuesday after its AI assistant Grok praised Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler and went on a rant about "Jewish surnames." The post ‘Grok Has Just Gone Full Hitler’: X Users React to Elon Musk’s AI Praising Nazi Dictator,

Grok, an artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk s company xAI, made a series of comments this week praising Hitler and criticizing Jews, which were soon deleted

Linda Yaccarino, the former NBCUniversal executive who agreed to run Elon Musk’s X platform, is stepping down after around two years on the job, announcing her departure from the CEO role after a disastrous day for the platform’s artificial intelligence bot.

Linda Yaccarino said she would step down from her role as CEO of Elon Musk’s X after a two-year tenure marred by controversy, including a new spree of antisemitic comments by X’s AI chatbot Grok. She became the social-media company’s CEO in June 2023.