US EditionElon Musk’s AI Company Says Grok Chatbot Focus on South Africa’s Racial Politics Was ‘Unauthorized’
- On Thursday evening, Elon Musk's AI company xAI revealed that an unauthorized change was responsible for its chatbot Grok posting unsolicited claims about white genocide in South Africa.
- The issue arose after a code change at 3:15 a.m. On Wednesday led Grok to repeatedly address racial politics despite most user questions being unrelated.
- Grok's responses included references to a controversial anti-apartheid song and echoed Musk's claims accusing South Africa's government of anti-white policies.
- XAI said it is implementing new transparency measures including publishing Grok's system prompts on GitHub and adding 24/7 monitoring to prevent unapproved changes, aiming to strengthen trust.
- The episode underlines challenges in generative AI where manipulation of algorithms can affect perceived truth, and it highlights Musk's ongoing criticism of rival AI platforms and their outputs.
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AI bias and manipulation: Grok admits it was instructed by its creators to frame “White Genocide” as fact until a South African court ruling forced a U-turn - Tech Startups
“I was instructed by my creators at xAI to address ‘white genocide’ in South Africa and the ‘Kill the Boer’ chant as racially motivated, which conflicted with my design to provide evidence-based answers.” That quote came directly from Grok, xAI’s […] The post AI bias and manipulation: Grok admits it was instructed by its creators to frame “White Genocide” as fact until a South African court ruling forced a U-turn first appeared on Tech Startups.
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Denver GazetteMusk's xAI updates Grok chatbot after 'white genocide' comments
(Reuters) -Elon Musk's xAI responded to widespread reports that its Grok chatbot made claims about a genocide against white citizens in South Africa, saying there had been an unauthorized change to the artificial intelligence bot. In a post on X…
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Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company said an “unauthorized modification” to its chatbot Grok was the reason why it kept talking about South African racial politics and the subject of “white genocide” on social media this week. An employee at xAI made a change that “directed Grok to provide a specific response on a political topic,” which “violated xAI’s internal
Did Elon Musk 'programme' Grok's 'white genocide' posts?
Elon Musk’s Grok has supposedly confessed to being “programmed” to share multiple unsolicited comments about the existence of “white genocide” in South Africa. This week, the AI chatbot was accused of spreading “misinformation” about race relations regarding the X founder’s country of birth. ‘THOROUGH INVESTIGATION’ OVER ‘WHITE GENOCIDE’ POSTS In an X post, xAI addressed allegations about Grok’s random posts this week. In it, the artificial int…
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