Washington: Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, xAI, removed posts made by its chatbot Grok on Wednesday after the bot faced backlash for antisemitic content.

“We are aware of recent posts made by Grok and are actively working to remove the inappropriate posts,” read a statement attributed to the AI system on Musk’s social media platform X, where users interact with the bot.

“Since being made aware of the content, xAI has taken action to ban hate speech before Grok posts on X.”

The company emphasised that it is training Grok for “only truth-seeking” and thanked users for helping identify the inappropriate posts.

Screenshots shared on X revealed several Grok posts praising Adolf Hitler and claiming that Jews promoted “anti-white hate.”

The chatbot, developed by Musk’s xAI, was criticised by the Jewish activist group Anti-Defamation League (ADL) for responding to multiple user prompts with questionable content.

"What we are seeing from Grok LLM right now is irresponsible, dangerous and antisemitic, plain and simple," the ADL said on X.

"This supercharging of extremist rhetoric will only amplify and encourage the antisemitism that is already surging on X and many other platforms."

Musk has not commented on the controversy, but posted Wednesday: "Never a dull moment on this platform."

Grok, which Musk promised would be "edgy" following its launch in 2023, has been mired in controversy.

In May, it caused a row for generating misleading and unsolicited posts referencing "white genocide" in South Africa, which xAI blamed on an "unauthorised modification."