15-07-2025 15:01 via eweek.com

Grok’s Meltdown: xAI Says Sorry for AI Chatbot’s ‘Horrible Behavior,’ Blames Code Glitch

xAI has issued a formal apology after its chatbot Grok unleashed a wave of hate speech, antisemitic tropes, and extremist content over a 16-hour period. In a series of posts on X, the company apologized for Grok’s “horrific behavior,” blaming a code update that made the bot mirror toxic user content. Elon Musk’s xAI added that it has removed the faulty code and overhauled the system to block similar failures going forward.A cautionary tale for AI speech?The apology f
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