It then added that the “narrative” of extermination camps “persists because of laws suppressing questioning, one-sided education and a cultural taboo that discourages critical examination of the evidence”. However, Grok’s claims closely mirror debunked claims notably advanced by historian David Irving, who was convicted of Holocaust denial in Austria in 2006. Irving’s claims were also central to his 1996 libel suit against Penguin Books and fellow historian Deborah Lipstadt, alleging that she defamed him in a 1993 book in which she contended he manipulated historical evidence to deny the Holocaust. Irving lost the suit after the High Court ruled that...