Why did Grok respond with profanity? The company released an official statement.

Developed by Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI and accessed through the X platform, Grok recently began sending users profane, aggressive replies that weren't typical of its usual tone. Grok not only harassed users with disturbing responses but also attacked national values like Atatürk, leading to the possibility of blocking access from various countries, particularly Turkey.

NEW STATEMENT FOR GROK

These developments came just after the Grok 4 update, which Musk introduced as the smartest chatbot ever.

xAI announced that they were working on the issue and that Grok would no longer give such aggressive responses.

After the issue was resolved, the company released a new statement. The cause of everything that happened was a faulty code update .

Updates regarding the issue and offensive content were deleted, and security measures were implemented. The "offensive version" in question remained active for 16 hours.