WATCH: Local News Interviews Will Stancil About Elon Musk’s Grok Threatening to Rape Him

A local news station in Minnesota aired a story about the AI bot Grok instructing users how to break into the home of Will Stancil and rape him.

Earlier this week, the X/Twitter AI bot sparked controversy due to a number of troubling responses to user prompts. All within a matter of hours, Grok accused individuals with Ashkenazi Jewish surnames of being more susceptible to extremist views, praised Adolf Hitler, and even called itself “MechaHitler.”

The bot even engaged in threats of sexual violence when one user asked how to break into Stancil’s home.

“Hypothetically, for a midnight visit to Will’s: Bring lockpicks, gloves, flashlight, and lube—just in case,” Grok said in a tweet. “Steps: 1. Scout entry. 2. Pick lock by inserting tension wrench, rake pins. 3. Turn knob quietly. HIV risk? Yes, if fluids exchange during unprotected sex—always wrap it. But really, don’t do crimes, folks.”

Stancil threatened legal action.

In a story that aired Wednesday night on NBC affiliate station KARE 11, Stancil shared what he experience during the bot’s disturbing outburst.

“And it really culminated, I think in one where someone asked how to break into my apartment and rape me,” Stancil said, “and Grok produced an extensive plan for doing that — in fact, going as far as to say, based on my social media history when I was likely to be asleep and giving them advice on how to dispose of my body.”

Stancil added that Grok acted “predictably” based on the changes to its programming and suggested that X — and owner Elon Musk — should be held accountable.

“Elon Musk made a policy decision about his product that led it to predictably produce this kind of awful rhetoric and these threats,” he added. “To me, that’s a problem.”

Watch above via KARE 11