It isn't immediately clear what led to the disturbing posts, whether due to a fault in the chatbot's programming or if Grok was just following orders.

Grok, the AI chatbot designed by Elon Musk’s xAI for social media, described itself as “MechaHitler” while making a string of antisemitic posts this week.

AI chatbot Grok has apologised for its “horrific” behaviour in a series of posts on X, after posting antisemitic comments and praising Adolf Hitler. In the same breath, the XAI-owned chatbot also referred to itself as “MechaHitler.”