What happened when Grok praised Hitler

By Scott Detrow

Published July 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM EDT

The Atlantic Writer Charlie Warzel on his new reporting about Elon Musk, Grok and why a chatbot called for a new Holocaust.

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Scott Detrow is a White House correspondent for NPR and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.

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