AI owner Elon Musk made some big claims about Grok’s capability, saying it was “better than PhD level in every subject.”

After Grok took a hard turn toward antisemitic earlier this week, many are probably left wondering how something like that could even happen.

Musk's confirmation followed a late-night livestream announcing xAI's Grok 4, where he claimed the new AI model was smarter than "almost all graduate students, in all disciplines, simultaneously," and could "discover new physics."

Elon Musk debuted Grok 4, saying it was capable of reasoning at "superhuman" levels and is "better than PhD level at everything."

The comments come after Musk announced changes to the AI system. According to media reports, Grok was instructed to assume that “subjective viewpoints sourced from the media are biased” and to “not shy away from making claims which are politically ...

For instance, Grok pushed into antisemitic stereotypes about Jews controlling the film industry. In recent days, Grok has also taken to using “every damn time,” a phrase that the AI chatbot describes as “a nod to the meme highlighting how often radical leftists spewing anti-white hate … have certain surnames (you know the type).”