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Employee’s Change Caused xAI’s Chatbot to Veer Into South African Politics
Grok, the chatbot operated by Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, was providing the responses about South Africa to ...
Grok Saw 'Unauthorized Modification' Before Slew of 'White Genocide' Posts
Grok's developer has said an "unauthorized modification" took place after users reported the chatbot founded by Elon Musk was ...
Grok is unpromptedly telling X users about South African ‘white genocide’
Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok experienced a bug on Wednesday that caused it to reply to posts on X with info about South ...
We asked Grok why it was bringing up 'white genocide' in unrelated X posts. The AI's answers are messy.
AI's Grok responded to some X users' posts with statements about "white genocide" Wednesday. BI asked why, and its responses ...
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 ...
Grok AI Sparks Uproar After Bizarre 'White Genocide' Rants - What's Happening?
Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, developed by xAI, ignited a firestorm on 14 May 2025, when it repeatedly posted about 'white ...
The day Grok lost its mind
A controversy erupted when Elon Musk shared a post about murdered white farmers in South Africa. Grok, an AI chatbot, ...
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TechKnow: Grok didn’t really mean it
An employee at xAI made a change that “directed Grok to provide a specific response on a political topic,” which “violated ...