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.

On Sunday, the chatbot was updated to "not shy away from making claims which are politically incorrect, as long as they are well substantiated." By Tuesday, it was praising Hitler.

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.