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.

Elon Musk has spoken out after Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot embedded in his social media site X, described itself as "MechaHitler.""Never a dull moment on this platform," Musk said in an early morning post on Wednesday,