Elon Musk’s AI company says an “unauthorized modification” led Grok to post unsolicited claims on social media.

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

What happened if you asked Grok to speak in the style of Star Wars character Jar-Jar Binks? It’ll do that, of course, but then it’ll inject some garbage about South Africa and genocide as well.

Pressed by users about why it had given this unrelated response, Grok was somewhat conciliatory but kept expounding on race relations in South Africa. “I apologize for the confusion,” it ...

Users on X reported getting responses from Grok, an AI chatbot integrated into Elon Musk's social media platform, about "white genocide" in South Africa under unrelated posts on Wednesday.

A day earlier, Grok kept posting publicly about “white genocide” in South Africa in response to users of Musk’s social media platform X who asked it a variety of questions, most having ...

Grok also found no credible evidence supporting large-scale corruption allegations at Baragwanath Hospital as described. "A standard loaf of bread in South Africa costs about R16 to R19 (USD 0.83 ...

The xAI bot would maybe nod to the user query before launching into a screed about the “debate” over whether Afrikaners have been subjected to racially targeted violence in South Africa. Grok ...

If you have a question for Grok today, there's a chance X's AI chatbot replied by talking about "white genocide" in South Africa, a controversial talking point in far-right circles. On X ...

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok appeared to experience a bug on Wednesday that caused it to reply to dozens of posts on X with information about “white genocide” in South Africa, even when the ...

By the next day, something had changed. Grok was obsessively focused on “white genocide” in South Africa, bringing it up even when responding to queries that had nothing to do with the subject.

Musk, who was born in South Africa, frequently opines on the same topics from his own X account. Computer scientist Jen Golbeck was curious about Grok’s unusual behavior so she tried it herself ...