Elon Musk’s AI company says an “unauthorized modification” led Grok to post unsolicited claims on social media.

Interestingly, Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, contradicted these claims, and South African residents also debunked them.

Musk’s company now claims Grok’s lies of a nonexistent ‘white genocide’ in South Africa were ‘unauthorized’ - Musk’s AI ...

Much like its creator, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok was preoccupied with South African racial politics on ...

What happened if you asked Grok to speak in the style of Star Wars character Jar-Jar Binks? It’ll do that, of course, but then it’ll inject some garbage about South Africa and genocide as well.

Pressed by users about why it had given this unrelated response, Grok was somewhat conciliatory but kept expounding on race relations in South Africa. “I apologize for the confusion,” it ...

Elon Musks AI company, xAI, has addressed growing concerns after its Grok chatbot referenced a debunked conspiracy theory ...

Remember, the question here was, "you ok?" Where could Grok have gotten these ideas? The treatment of white farmers in South Africa has been a hobbyhorse of South African X owner Elon Musk for ...

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok blamed unsanctioned changes to its system for responses this week that included controversial theories about “white genocide” in South Africa. Grok, ...

If you have a question for Grok today, there's a chance X's AI chatbot replied by talking about "white genocide" in South Africa, a controversial talking point in far-right circles. On X ...

Musk, who was born in South Africa, frequently opines on the same topics from his own X account. Computer scientist Jen Golbeck was curious about Grok’s unusual behavior so she tried it herself ...