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.

Asked to translate a post by Pope Leo that was written in Latin, Grok replied: “The phrase ‘Kill the Boer’ in the song ‘Dubul’ ibhunu’ translates from Zulu to ‘Shoot

Some X users on Wednesday asked Grok – the AI chatbot available through Elon Musk’s social media platform – questions about simple topics like baseball players or videos of fish being flushed down toilets.