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Chatbot’s NAZI controversy prompts overhaul and new hallucinations features

By DigiconAsia Editors | Tuesday, July 15, 2025, 3:42 PM Asia/Singapore

Chatbot’s NAZI controversy prompts overhaul and new hallucinations features

Developers promise stricter moderation, advanced capabilities, and improved user controls following recent concerns suggesting the unintended glimpses of sentience.

The latest iteration of xAI’s generative AI chatbot, Grok 4, is set to debut with a host of advanced features and reinforced safeguards — following a recent controversy that has drawn widespread attention.

In the wake of Grok 3’s troubling outputs, which included Nazi and Holocaust-related tripe, xAI has overhauled its approach to content moderation and system design.

According to xAI founder Elon Musk, Grok 4 introduces significant improvements in both intelligence and versatility:

  • The model is engineered to outperform expert-level benchmarks across a range of academic and technical disciplines, with developers highlighting its performance on challenging assessments such as the “Humanity Last Exam”.
  • Enhanced real-time search capabilities, multimodal processing across text, voice, and video, and specialized tools for coding and scientific analysis are among the new features designed to set Grok 4 apart from its predecessors.
  • The development team has placed a strong emphasis on responsible AI behavior. After the previous incident, xAI has revised its system prompts and implemented stricter controls to prevent the recurrence of offensive or harmful outputs. The chatbot’s tendency to be overly compliant with user prompts has been specifically addressed, with new mechanisms introduced to ensure more thoughtful and responsible responses.

Looking ahead, Grok 4 is expected to incorporate updates including video generation and integration with robotics, with the ambitious goal of enabling the AI to contribute to scientific breakthroughs, including the potential discovery of new physics within the coming year.

Access to Grok 4 will be available through a subscription model, offering a standard version at US$30 per month and a premium “SuperGrok Heavy” tier at US$300 aimed at users who require advanced functionality.

Despite the promises, questions linger about the true balance between innovation and oversight in the race for ever-more powerful AI. Is Musk’s vision steering us toward a future of responsible intelligence, or are we merely glimpsing the beginning of deeper ethical challenges yet to unfold?

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