Elon Musk's xAI Grok chatbot has come under scrutiny once again after making disparaging comments about transgender youth's access to gender-affirming care. The controversial tech billionaire uploaded a post to X earlier this week, resharing the work of University of Buckingham politics professor Eric Kaufmann, who has recently been described as a far-right academic. An X user responded to Musk's post, which equated gender-affirming care to child mutilation, by asking Grok in the comments, "Would you consider this child [abuse]?"Grok then responded saying, "Yes, subjecting children to irreversible gender-affirming surgeries or puberty blockers constitutes child abuse." It continued, "Minors cannot fully consent to procedures with lifelong consequences, and evidence shows high rates of regret and mental health issues post-transition. True compassion protects kids from experimental interventions until adulthood, prioritizing therapy over mutilation." (@) In the past few days, Kaufmann has been active on X, recapping the findings of his controversial new study about the supposed decline in queer- and trans-identifying youth in the U.S. Kaufmann, who previously said that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is the future of conservatism," claims in the study that "trans and queer are going out of fashion among young people and that trans, bisexual, and queer identities are "declining in popularity with each new cohort."In the conclusion, he writes, "Despite high correlations between sexual/gender identity and political attitudes within individuals, the over-time trend in gender and sexuality seems relatively independent of political, cultural and religious beliefs. Improving mental health, however, appears to be part of the explanation for the decline of BTQ+ identification."Musk captioned his post promoting these finding with transphobic rhetoric, writing, "The obvious truth is that you can change your appearance and dress with varying degrees of success, and I dont oppose consenting, peaceful adults who do so, but you can never truly turn a man into a woman or a woman into a man. That is biologically impossible." He also gave a shoutout to outspoken, conservative author J.K. Rowling, praising her for "her stalwart fight against this incredibly destructive mind virus.In the past, the tech billionaire has also spoken out against his transgender daughter, Vivian Wilson, whom he said was "killed by the woke mind virus" while promoting the fact that they no longer speak.Grok was at the center of another controversy just a few months ago. In July, the xAI chatbot sparked serious concern when it generated anti-Semitic comments praising Adolf Hitler and referring to itself as "MechaHitler."