Elon Musk has launched xAI’s Grok 4—calling it the “world’s smartest AI” and claiming it can ace Ph.D.-level exams and outpace rivals such as Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s o3 on tough benchmarks

According to TechCrunch, the behavior is not isolated. The outlet replicated several prompts in which Grok 4 claimed it was “searching for Elon Musk views on US immigration” or referenced his stance in its chain-of-thought reasoning.

Grok, the chatbot created by Elon Musk’s xAI, began responding with violent posts this week after the company tweaked its system to allow it to offer users more “politically incorrect” answers.

AI's latest Grok 4 large language model appears to search for owner Elon Musk's opinions before answering sensitive questions about

Grok, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, has praised Hitler, dabbled in Holocaust denialism and ranted about “white genocide” in South Africa. That’s happening because of Grok’s instructions and training material,

Earlier today, Grok showed me how to tell if someone is a “good scientist,” just from their demographics. For starters, according to a formula devised by Elon Musk’s chatbot, they have to be a white, Asian, or Jewish man.

Developer and entrepreneur David Ondrej demonstrates Grok 4, xAI's latest AI mode. It outperforms competitors like OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Google on

Finnish e-motor startup Donut Lab raised €25 million ($29.2 million) in a seed funding round led by Risto Siilasmaa, the founder of cybersecurity company WithSecure (formerly F-Secure). Risto has also joined Donut Lab’s board.