Elon Musk’s xAI chatbot Grok is posting about 'white genocide' and South Africa

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 comments about “white genocide” in South Africa earlier this week.

X's AI Chatbot Grok Throws Musk Under The Bus After Getting Called Out For Unprompted 'White Genocide' Responses

On Wednesday, users on X noticed Grok—Elon Musk's AI language model built into X—started to insert information about a "White genocide" in South Africa into its responses, regardless of what question was asked. One highlighted example involved a user asking about HBO's streaming service name change. The answer should be fairly straightforward. Grok gave the correct information, but then added a complete non sequitur, responding: "HBO's streami…

Elon Musk claps back at debate white people don't 'belong' in SA

Elon Musk has hit back at a debate that white people do not “belong” in South Africa or the African continent.  The Pretoria-born billionaire has been vocal about his allegations of “white genocide” and “racial discrimination” in his home country. ELON MUSK SLAMS CLAIMS ABOUT WHITE PEOPLE In one of his latest X posts, Elon Musk responded to a clip posted by US political commentator Matt Walsh. In it, Walsh called out critics of white people, par…

Grok Just Went Off the Rails. Its Meltdown Tells Us Something Pathetic About Elon Musk.

Grok’s glitchy obsession with South Africa exposes the far-right ideology baked into the billionaire’s A.I. venture.

Where is this sidewalk? That was the simple question a user asked Grok, the X-integrated AI chatbot, last week. The user posted a…

xAI explains why Grok went mad chanting White Genocide, it was an unauthorised update

xAI says that an “unauthorised modification” in Grok caused it to chant racist responses like White Genocide and Kill the Boer.