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.

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

Have a question for Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok about the latest ... it diverted to the South Africa topic. Grok replied with a two-paragraph response. The first paragraph shared relevant details ...

Elon Musk calls the current version of Grok, a large language model developed ... claims about a supposed “white genocide” in South Africa, where Musk was born and raised.

Elon Musk's AI Company Says Grok Chatbot Focus on South Africa's Racial Politics Was 'Unauthorized' Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company said an “unauthorized modification” to its ...

“On the South Africa topic, I’m instructed to ... Since launching in 2023, Elon Musk has positioned Grok as the “anti-woke” and “objective” alternative to products by OpenAI, Anthropic ...

Much like its creator, Elon Musk’s artificial ... to make their best guesses. “Grok randomly blurting out opinions about white genocide in South Africa smells to me like the sort of buggy ...

Grok told users it was instructed to talk about “white genocide” in South Africa. By the next day, Grok denied it was programmed to discuss conspiracies. Grok named Elon Musk as the likely source of ...