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.

While Elon Musk's $300 “Heavy” model puts up record-breaking benchmark scores, the basic Grok 4 struggles to keep up with competitors.

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.