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.

We are aware of recent posts made by Grok and are actively working to remove the inappropriate posts,” xAI said in a statement, adding that it “has taken action to ban hate speech before Grok posts on X.

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.