“If the American President is relying on the policy advice of a Musk-designed, Hitler-friendly chatbot with a predilection for child pornography in order to carry out his official duties, Americans have a right to know,” the lawmakers wrote, referring to past public controversies surrounding Grok, after which X said it made corrective changes to the technology.

“If the United States military killed dozens of innocent schoolchildren based on the faulty advice of an AI chatbot, we have a right to know that too,” they added, referring to a strike on an elementary school in Minab, Iran, on Feb. 28, the first day of the Iran war, killing some 175 people, most of them schoolgirls 12 or younger.