The new Grok 4 didn’t make it halfway through its first day on the job before hurling racial conspiracy theories at users.
This is the same Grok that Elon Musk promises will be added to Tesla vehicles by “next week at the latest.”
You’ll remember that Grok 3 was briefly shut down just earlier this week for a different bunch of antisemitic outbursts. This doesn’t bode well for the state of AI safety guardrails or Q/A at xAI.
Aren’t you guys glad that we dismantled government regulation of businesses long ago? Now we get cars that are racist! Yaaaaaay!
clears throat
blows up a cybertruck
Unfortunately, you’ve been replaced by AI.
… so, the Cybertruck will blow itself up.
… so, the Cybertruck will blow itself up.
… “just before giving control back to the driver”?
Cool, now your Swasticar can have a real MechaHitler to guide you to your next hate rally.
MechaHitler, take the wheel
And this is why I will never buy a Tesla.
Aw, c’mon. There are a lot more reasons not to buy a Tesla than just this.
