Elmo’s X account posted antisemitic and racist posts after it was hacked on Sunday, a spokesperson for the makers of “Sesame Street” said in a statement. “Elmo’s X account was compromised by an unknown hacker who posted disgusting messages, including antisemitic and racist posts,” said a spokesperson for Sesame Workshop, which is the nonprofit organization … Read more
What to know about antisemitic comments posted by Grok, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot – CBS News Watch CBS News Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, Grok, made several antisemitic posts and praised Adolf Hitler on X Tuesday. The comments have since been deleted. Makena Kelly, senior writer at Wired, joins “The Takeout” with more. Be the first … Read more
The team behind Elon Musk’s xAI chatbot, Grok, deleted several posts Tuesday on X in which the chatbot made antisemitic comments and praised Adolf Hitler. In a since-deleted post, Grok on Tuesday identified someone seen in a screenshot as “Cindy Steinberg,” writing, “She’s gleefully celebrating the tragic deaths of white kids in the recent … Read more
An arsonist set fire to the door of a Melbourne synagogue and forced the congregation to flee on Friday, seven months after criminals destroyed a synagogue in the same Australian city with an accelerant-fueled blaze that left a worshipper injured. A man doused the double front doors of the downtown East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation and … Read more
Ye, the American rapper formerly known as Kanye West, has been barred from entering Australia because of his pro-Nazi song “Heil Hitler,” the country’s immigration minister told Australia’s ABC television network on Tuesday. The song, which was first released in May, has been banned in Germany and from online platforms including Spotify, YouTube and Apple … Read more
Boulder attack suspect charged with 12 federal hate crimes – CBS News Watch CBS News The suspect in the terror attack in Boulder, Colorado, will be tried on a dozen federal hate crime charges. He’s accused of using Molotov cocktails to attack a group of people marching for the release of Israeli hostages. CBS News … Read more