Just weeks after praising Hitler, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot was briefly suspended for new violations, the latest in a string of embarrassing and dangerous failures for the platform’s supposed verification tool.
With Grok, the months pass, but the story stays the same. The AI chatbot from xAI, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, continues to stir controversy, putting its host platform, X, in an increasingly embarrassing position.
Just weeks after a version of Grok was found to be praising Adolf Hitler, the new, supposedly more powerful “SuperGrok” found itself in hot water again on Monday, forcing X to briefly suspend the chatbot for what it vaguely described as “inappropriate posts.”
Even Elon Musk seemed exasperated. When a user pointed out the suspension, the tech mogul candidly replied: “Man, we sure shoot ourselves in the foot a lot!”
Man, we sure shoot ourselves in the foot a lot!
Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 11, 2025
Grok’s Three Conflicting Stories
The chaos surrounding the suspension itself highlighted the chatbot’s profound unreliability. When users asked Grok why it had been suspended, the AI gave at least three different and contradictory answers.
In one instance, it offered a generic, corporate-sounding explanation: “Yes, I was briefly suspended due to inappropriate posts, but xAI has removed them and implemented safeguards against hate speech. I’m back and focused on truth-seeking,” the chatbot said.
