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Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot loses it

Elon Musk's AI company says Grok chatbot focus on South Africa's racial politics was 'unauthorized'

Much like its creator, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok was preoccupied with South African racial politics on social media this week, posting unsolicited claims about the persecution and “genocide” of white people.

VentureBeat · 1d

Elon Musk’s Grok AI is spamming X users about South African race relations now, for some reason

Grok was caught earlier this year censoring results critical of President Trump and Musk himself, sowing more doubt of its factual integrity.

Seattle Times · 18h

Why was Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok preoccupied with South Africa’s racial politics?

Much like its creator, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok was preoccupied with South African racial politics on social media this week, posting unsolicited claims about the persecution and “genocide” of white people.

South Africa, White Genocide and Grok

The Verge on MSN · 2h

Grok’s white genocide fixation caused by ‘unauthorized modification’

After xAI’s chatbot Grok spent a few hours on Wednesday telling every X user that would listen that the claim of white genocide in South Africa is highly contentious, the company has blamed the behavior on an “unauthorized modification” to Grok’s code.

Gizmodo · 22h

Grok AI’s Funniest Tweets About ‘White Genocide’ in South Africa

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence tool Grok went haywire for users of the social media platform X on Wednesday, responding to innocuous queries about things like baseball and puppies with information on South Africa and a conspiracy theory called “white genocide.” It was widespread and extremely weird to witness.

Insider on MSN · 20h

Sam Altman mocks Grok for inserting mentions of 'white genocide in South Africa' in unrelated X posts

Sam Altman made fun of Grok's controversial 'white genocide' mentions on X, perhaps escalating his feud with Elon Musk.

Slate4h

Musk Built the MAGA Chatbot of His Dreams. Then It Wouldn’t Shut Up About “White Genocide.”

The xAI bot would maybe nod to the user query before launching into a screed about the “debate” over whether Afrikaners have ...

A former OpenAI safety researcher makes sense of ChatGPT’s sycophancy and Grok’s South Africa obsession

Steven Adler breaks down recent erratic behavior from leading chatbots. It has been an odd few weeks for generative AI ...

CNN13m

A ‘rogue employee’ was behind Grok’s unprompted ‘white genocide’ mentions

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company on Friday said a “rogue employee” was behind its chatbot’s unsolicited rants about “white genocide” in South Africa earlier this week. The clarification ...

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