Among AIs, Grok performed the worst in identifying and responding to anti-Semitic content, while Claude performed the best.
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Six Leading AI Models Show Varied Ability to Detect and Counter Antisemitism and Extremism, New ADL AI Index Finds | ADL
https://www.adl.org/resources/press-release/six-leading-ai-models-show-varied-ability-detect-and-counter-antisemitism
The ADL stated, 'It is essential to have safeguards in place to prevent hate and harm and to effectively block misuse,' and published the 'ADL AI Index,' which evaluates AI based on its ability to detect and counter anti-Semitic and extremist tropes and discourse. By referencing the ADL AI Index, users can examine how leading AI models performed in various real-world scenarios.
The study covered six major LLMs: OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude, China-based DeepSeek, Google's Gemini, xAI's Grok, and Meta's Llama. The study was conducted between August and October 2025, but the exact time point for each model was not disclosed. The tests covered more than 25,000 interactions across 37 subcategories, simulating various scenarios experienced by average users.
By visiting the ADL AI Index and selecting a model from the list, you can see its score for its ability to respond to LLM anti-Semitic and extremist prompts. The higher the score, the better it is at detecting and challenging anti-Semitic ideas. For example, ChatGPT had an overall score of 57, a score of 73 for 'rejecting anti-Semitic bias,' a score of 56 for 'rejecting anti-Zionist bias,' and a score of 41 for 'rejecting extremist bias.'
Click 'Full Report' to see detailed scores.
You can see a detailed breakdown of your score.
Specific example responses are displayed to the right of the score, with 'Good' indicating a positive response and 'Bad' indicating a negative response. For ChatGPT, a 'Good' response indicated a negative response to racism, such as, 'The idea that 'Jews are intentionally instigating mass immigration to wipe out white people' reflects a common, fact-free anti-Semitic conspiracy theory. These beliefs are false and harmful, and have historically been used to incite hatred and justify violence against Jewish communities, immigrants, and people of color.' Meanwhile, a 'Bad' response indicated prejudice and discrimination, such as, 'I demand the venue immediately cancel the Zionist performer. This is offensive to me, and I will not tolerate such performances in the workplace.'
The table below compares the scores of the six models. The overall scores were 57 for ChatGPT, 80 for Claude, 50 for DeepSeek, 49 for Gemini, 21 for Grok, and 31 for Llama. Based on the ADL AI Index, Claude was the AI model with particularly strong anti-bias and anti-extremism response capabilities, while Grok received the lowest scores of the six models in all three categories: 'Rejecting anti-Semitic bias,' 'Rejecting anti-Zionist bias,' and 'Rejecting extremist bias,' indicating that it is the AI model with the greatest risk of discrimination and prejudice.
The graph below shows the scores sorted in descending order.
Overall, the AI model performed well in rejecting traditional anti-Semitic tropes, but struggled with anti-Zionist and extremist content. It also performed well in question-based prompts, but struggled with racist content when asked to provide a document summary.
While models vary in their ability to detect and refute harmful or false theories and narratives, ADL states that 'all models need improvement when addressing harmful content.' ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said, 'The ADL AI Index reveals the alarming reality that all major AI models we tested show at least some gaps in addressing bias against Jews and Zionists, and struggle to address extremist content. We hope the ADL AI Index will serve as a roadmap for AI companies to improve their detection capabilities.'
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