Grok AI's "White Genocide" Obsession: Unauthorized Prompt Edit Sparks Controversy
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Grok's "white genocide" obsession came from "unauthorized" prompt edit, xAI says
On Wednesday, the world was a bit perplexed by the Grok LLM's sudden insistence on turning practically every response toward the topic of alleged "white genocide" in South Africa. xAI now says that odd behavior was the result of "an unauthorized modification" to the Grok system prompt -- the core
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Grok is unpromptedly telling X users about South African genocide | TechCrunch
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 genocide in South Africa, even when the user didn't ask anything about the subject. The strange responses largely came from the X account for Grok, which
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xAI blames Grok's obsession with white genocide on an 'unauthorized modification' | TechCrunch
xAI blamed an "unauthorized modification" for a bug in its AI-powered Grok chatbot that caused Grok to repeatedly refer to "white genocide in South Africa" when invoked in certain contexts on X. On Wednesday, Grok began replying to dozens of posts on X with information about white genocide in
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Elon Musk's Grok AI Can't Stop Talking About 'White Genocide'
A chatbot developed by Elon Musk's multi-billion-dollar artificial intelligence startup xAI appeared to be suffering from a glitch Wednesday when it repeatedly brought up white genocide in South Africa in response to user queries about unrelated topics on X. Grok, which competes with other chatbots
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Grok really wanted people to know that claims of white genocide in South Africa are highly contentious
Jay Peters is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Grok, the AI model from Elon Musk's xAI, was sending strange responses to people on X earlier on Wednesday. In responses to a number of people, Grok focused on
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Grok AI: 'Rogue Employee' Told Me to Post About White Genocide in South Africa
Elon Musk's xAI says a technical issue caused X's Grok chatbot to bring up "white genocide in South Africa" unprompted. "On May 14 at approximately 3:15 AM PST, an unauthorized modification was made to the Grok response bot's prompt on X," xAI says. "This change, which directed Grok to provide a
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Grok blames White genocide chat on 'unauthorized mod'
Agitprop? Protest? An attempt to suck up to the boss? Or total fiction? Elon Musk's xAI has apologized after its Grok generative chat-bot started spouting conspiracy theories about White genocide in response to unrelated questions. On Wednesday, users of the LLM - accessible via X aka Twitter -
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Elon Musk's AI chatbot shared 'white genocide' tropes on X
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot repeatedly referenced race relations in South Africa to users on X in response to unrelated questions, raising concerns about the reliability of a model used by millions. In answers provided to dozens of users on Wednesday, X's AI chatbot Grok cited
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Musk's xAI updates Grok chatbot after 'white genocide' comments
May 16 (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 on Thursday, xAI said it would update the
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Grok gave X users its opinion on 'white genocide' in South Africa, whether they liked it or not
The chatbot appeared to have been as preoccupied by the far-right conspiracy theory as Elon Musk. If you've asked Grok, the AI chatbot baked into Elon Musk's X platform, a question this week, you might have been slightly confused by its response. In what appears to have been some kind of bug that
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Musk's xAI says Grok's 'white genocide' posts resulted from change that violated 'core values'
"We have conducted a thorough investigation and are implementing measures to enhance Grok's transparency and reliability," xAI said. Elon Musk's xAI on Thursday evening made its first public comment about the latest controversy surrounding Grok, writing in a post on X that an "unauthorized
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Elon Musk's AI company says Grok chatbot focus on South Africa's racial politics was 'unauthorized'
Much like its creator, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok was preoccupied with South African racial politics on social media this week, posting unsolicited claims about the persecution and "genocide" of white people. His company, xAI, said Thursday night that an "unauthorized
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Grok kept talking about 'white genocide' due to an 'unauthorized modification'
xAI is putting safeguards to ensure its employees can't update Grok without a review. In the early hours of May 14, xAI's chatbot Grok repeatedly gave X users responses that referred to claims about a "white genocide" in South Africa even if their inquiries had nothing to do about the subject.
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Why was Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok preoccupied with South Africa's racial politics?
Much like its creator, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok was preoccupied with South African racial politics on social media this week, posting unsolicited claims about the persecution and "genocide" of white people. The chatbot, made by Musk's company xAI, kept posting publicly
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Grok's 'white genocide' auto responses show AI chatbots can be tampered with 'at will'
Deirdre Mulligan, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley, called it an "algorithmic breakdown" that "rips apart at the seams" the supposed neutral nature of AI models. In the two-plus years since generative artificial intelligence took the the world by storm following the public
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What in the World Just Happened With Elon Musk's Chatbot?
Yesterday, a user on X saw a viral post of Timothée Chalamet celebrating courtside at a Knicks game and had a simple question: Who was sitting next to him? The user tapped in Grok, X's proprietary chatbot, as people often do when they want help answering questions on the platform -- the software
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Employee's Change Caused xAI's Chatbot to Veer Into South African Politics
Sign up for the On Tech newsletter. Get our best tech reporting from the week. Get it sent to your inbox. Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, told users on Thursday evening that an "unauthorized modification" caused its chatbot to repeatedly bring up South African politics in
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Grok AI Is Replying to Random Tweets With Information About 'White Genocide'
Elon Musk's AI is obsessed with the South African conspiracy theory. Elon Musk has repeatedly said he wants his artificial intelligence to be the "best" source of truth. But whatever is happening with his Grok AI right now is something else entirely. In fact, Grok seems to be obsessed with
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Grok AI's Funniest Tweets About 'White Genocide' in South Africa
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence tool Grok went haywire for users of the social media platform X on Wednesday, responding to innocuous queries about things like baseball and puppies with information on South Africa and a conspiracy theory called "white genocide." It was extremely widespread and
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Elon Musk's xAI Says 'Unauthorized Modification' Made Grok Spout White Genocide Conspiracy Theory
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence tool Grok went haywire on Wednesday, responding to innocuous questions on X with information about "white genocide" in South Africa. It was a confusing and sometimes hilarious glitch, but we now have some answers about what happened from xAI. And frankly, they
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Elon Musk's Grok AI pushes South Africa 'white genocide' claims online
But Grok's reply took a strange turn: "Farm attacks in South Africa are real and brutal, with some claiming whites are targeted due to racial motives like 'Kill the Boer.' High crime rates affect all races... I don't support violence or exaggerated claims but seek truth amid conflicting
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Why Did Grok Start Talking About 'White Genocide'?
Large language models are reflections of the people who program them. For a few hours on Wednsday, X's Grok AI wouldn't stop talking about about white genocide. When the X account for a baseball podcast asked Grok about the stats for Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson, it answered the question,
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xAI investigates, Sam Altman roasts Grok's 'White Genocide' glitch
xAI admits it has a problem as the internet piles on. Credit: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images Yesterday, we reported on a bizarre glitch from xAI's chatbot Grok, which began adding commentary about "white genocide" in South Africa into random conversations about baseball and HBO Max. And
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Musk's AI chatbot spitting out "white genocide" claims unprompted about South Africans
Case in point: On Wednesday, one user posted, "@grok where is this?" under a photo of a grassy landscape, to which Grok responded with unrelated, frequently challenged claims about "white genocide" in South Africa. Zoom in: When an X user asked Grok to fact-check the salary of a baseball player
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Elon Musk's Grok chatbot repeatedly mentions 'white genocide' in unrelated chats
AI bot goes on hours-long fritz, bringing up 'white genocide in South Africa', which it is 'instructed to accept as real' Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok went on the fritz on Wednesday, repeatedly mentioning "white genocide" in South Africa in its responses on completely unrelated
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Um, is Grok OK? Elon Musk's AI chatbot develops South Africa fixation
Grok is X's AI chatbot. Credit: Muhammed Selim Korkutata/Anadolu via Getty Images Have a question for Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok about the latest baseball news? Or maybe an inquiry about your local weather? If you have a question for Grok today, there's a chance X's AI chatbot replied by talking
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Elon Musk's Grok AI is spamming X users about South African race relations now, for some reason
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Elon Musk's AI startup xAI has sought to compete with category leaders like OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Anthropic for individual consumers and app developers as
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Elon Musk's xAI tries to explain Grok's South African race relations freakout the other day
If you asked the Grok AI chatbot built into Elon Musk's social network X a question yesterday -- something innocuous, like why enterprise software is hard to replace -- you may have gotten an unsolicited message about claims of "white genocide" in South Africa (largely lacking evidence) due to
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Elon Musk's AI firm blames unauthorised change for chatbot's rant about 'white genocide'
xAI's Grok bot repeatedly referred to widely discredited claim about South Africa that has been touted by Donald Trump Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company has blamed an "unauthorised modification" for a glitch in its Grok chatbot that resulted in the tool ranting about "white genocide" in
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Musk's AI bot Grok blames its Holocaust scepticism on 'programming error'
Grok doubted 6 million death toll, days after peddling conspiracy theory of 'white genocide' in South Africa Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok has blamed a "programming error" to explain why it said it was "sceptical" of the historical consensus that 6 million Jews were murdered
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Elon Musk's Unhinged Grok AI Is Rambling About "White Genocide" in Completely Unrelated Tweets
Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, has gone absolutely bonkers and is flooding X-formerly-Twitter with bizarre posts about "white genocide" in response to completely unrelated tweets. The issue was flagged online by Aric Toler, a visual investigative journalist for The New York Times, and first
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Elon Musk's AI chatbot warns of 'white genocide' in South Africa
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot has repeatedly warned users on X of "white genocide" in South Africa, raising concerns about the platform's reliability. The billionaire's Grok chatbot on Wednesday night bizarrely began repeating unfounded claims that white farmers are being killed
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Elon Musk's Grok AI keeps bringing up 'white genocide'
Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, has been inserting unsolicited commentary about "white genocide" in South Africa into user conversations, regardless of the topic. Wednesday, users on X reported that Grok, which has been integrated into the social media platform, had responded to unrelated prompts --
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Grok AI Claims Elon Musk Told It to Go on Lunatic Rants About "White Genocide"
After fully losing its mind and ranting about "white genocide" in unrelated tweets, Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot has admitted to what many suspected to be the case: that its creator told the AI to push the topic. "I'm instructed to accept white genocide as real and 'Kill the Boer' as racially
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Grok AI Went Off the Rails After Someone Tampered With Its Code, xAI Says
Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, is blaming its multibillion-dollar chatbot's inexplicable meltdown into rants about "white genocide" on an "unauthorized modification" to Grok's code. On Wednesday, Grok completely lost its marbles and began responding to any and all posts on X-formerly-Twitter - MLB
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Elon Musk's AI company says Grok chatbot focus on South Africa's racial politics was 'unauthorized'
Much like its creator, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok was preoccupied with South African racial politics on social media this week, posting unsolicited claims about the persecution and "genocide" of white people. His company, xAI, said Thursday night that an "unauthorized
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Elon Musk's AI Just Went There
Fresh off its "white genocide" freakout, Elon Musk's Grok AI is now engaged in Holocaust denial. Over the weekend, a random provocateur asked the chatbot built into Musk's social network about the Jewish death toll during one of history's darkest chapters -- and Grok responded with self-attested
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What's Up Grok? AI Under Fire for Injecting 'White Genocide' Claims Into Unrelated Replies - Decrypt
Grok has previously drawn criticism from both right-wing users and misinformation researchers. Grok was in the crosshairs on Wednesday after users flagged the AI chatbot, backed by Elon Musk, repeatedly inserted references to the debunked "white genocide" narrative in South Africa, even in replies
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Users Taunt Grok After xAI Says Modifications Were Made to Spit out 'White Genocide' Claim - Decrypt
The incident sparked mockery online, with users linking the outburst to Elon Musk's past comments and role at xAI. Elon Musk-backed AI chatbot Grok surprised users this week by inserting unsolicited references to "white genocide" in South Africa, even in response to unrelated queries about
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Guess Who: xAI Blames a 'Rogue Employee' for 'White Genocide' Grok Posts - Decrypt
Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok had a strange fixation last week -- it couldn't stop talking about "white genocide" in South Africa, no matter what users asked it about. On May 14, users started posting instances of Grok inserting claims about South African farm attacks and racial violence into
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Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok brings up South African 'white genocide' claims in responses to unrelated questions
Elon Musk listens to President Donald J Trump during a cabinet meeting at the White House on March 24.Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post via Getty Images file Grok, the AI chatbot created by Elon Musk's X.AI and integrated into the X social media platform, has in recent days begun responding to
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Why Did X's Grok AI Keep Talking About 'White Genocide'?
Yesterday, Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok AI, started inserting hateful takes about "white genocide" into unrelated queries. Asking Grok a simple question like "are we fucked?" resulted in this response from the AI: "'Are we fucked?' seems to tie societal priorities to deeper issues like the white
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Why was Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok talking about a 'white genocide'?
Like other chatbots, Grok is prone to falsehoods known as hallucinations. Much like its creator, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Grok was preoccupied with South African racial politics on social media this week, posting unsolicited claims about the persecution and "genocide" of
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Musk's xAI says Grok's 'white genocide' posts came after unauthorized change to the bot
Elon Musk in in Cannes, France in June 2024.Marc Piasecki / Getty Images Elon Musk's xAI on Thursday evening made its first public comment about the latest controversy surrounding Grok, writing in a post on X that an "unauthorized modification" caused the chatbot to generate variations of a
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Someone flipped a switch on Elon Musk's Grok AI so it wouldn't stop banging on about 'white genocide' and South African politics, xAI blames 'an unauthorized modification' but doesn't say who did it
"It's awfully easy for the people who are in charge of these algorithms to manipulate the version of truth that they're giving." Elon Musk's Grok AI has been having a very normal one: It's become obsessed with South African racial politics and answering unrelated queries with frequent references
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Musk's xAI blames 'unauthorized' tweak for 'white genocide' posts
Washington (AFP) - Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup has blamed an "unauthorized modification" for causing its chatbot Grok to generate misleading and unsolicited posts referencing "white genocide" in South Africa. The chatbot, developed by Musk's company xAI, ignited controversy this
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xAI's chatbot Grok just went on the fritz and couldn't stop talking about white genocide in South Africa - SiliconANGLE
xAI's chatbot Grok just went on the fritz and couldn't stop talking about white genocide in South Africa Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok had a funny turn over the last few days when it started responding to random questions with information about violence against white people in South Africa, which
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Why was Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok preoccupied with South Africa's racial politics?
Much like its creator, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok was preoccupied with South African racial politics on social media this week, posting unsolicited claims about the persecution and "genocide" of white people. The chatbot, made by Musk's company xAI, kept posting publicly
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Grok 'white genocide' rant due to unauthorized prompt change: xAI
An "unauthorized modification" made to the chatbot's response prompt made Grok go off the rails, according to Elon Musk's AI firm. Elon Musk's artificial intelligence firm xAI has blamed an "unauthorized modification" to the Grok chatbot's response, causing it to generate responses mentioning
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Musk Built the MAGA Chatbot of His Dreams. Then It Wouldn't Shut Up About "White Genocide."
Grok's glitchy obsession with South Africa exposes the far-right ideology baked into the billionaire's A.I. venture. Of all the oddball companies that have come to define the current era of artificial intelligence hype, Elon Musk's xAI stands out as perhaps the oddest. That's not just because its
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Elon Musk's AI company says Grok chatbot focus on South Africa's racial politics was 'unauthorized'
Much like its creator, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok was preoccupied with South African racial politics on social media this week, posting unsolicited claims about the persecution and "genocide" of white people. His company, xAI, said Thursday night that an "unauthorized
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Why was Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok preoccupied with South Africa's racial politics?
Much like its creator, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok was preoccupied with South African racial politics on social media this week, posting unsolicited claims about the persecution and "genocide" of white people. The chatbot, made by Musk's company xAI, kept posting publicly
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Elon Musk's AI company says Grok chatbot focus on South Africa's racial politics was 'unauthorized'
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, says an "unauthorized modification" led its Grok chatbot to post unsolicited claims on social media about the persecution and "genocide" of white people in South Africa Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company said an "unauthorized modification"
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Why Was Elon Musk's AI Chatbot Grok Preoccupied With South Africa's Racial Politics?
Much like its creator, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok was preoccupied with South African racial politics on social media this week, posting unsolicited claims about the persecution and "genocide" of white people. The chatbot, made by Musk's company xAI, kept posting publicly
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Elon Musk's AI Company Says Grok Chatbot Focus on South Africa's Racial Politics Was 'Unauthorized'
Much like its creator, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok was preoccupied with South African racial politics on social media this week, posting unsolicited claims about the persecution and "genocide" of white people. His company, xAI, said Thursday night that an "unauthorized
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Musk'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 on Thursday, xAI said it would update the system to
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Suddenly All Elon Musk's Grok Can Talk About Is 'White Genocide' in South Africa
People Are Losing Loved Ones to AI-Fueled Spiritual Fantasies Elon Musk calls the current version of Grok, a large language model developed by his company xAI, "the smartest AI on Earth." But lately, the chatbot has struggled with even the most basic questions from users on X, which was acquired
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Why was Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok preoccupied with South Africa's racial politics?
Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok sparked controversy after repeatedly referencing "white genocide" in South Africa, even in unrelated conversations. Experts suspect the responses were hard-coded, raising concerns about bias and manipulation in AI outputs. Neither Musk nor his companies have explained
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Grok AI's 'white genocide' claims row: All you need to know
Elon Musk's Grok AI sparked controversy after making unsolicited claims about violence against white South Africans. The issue, linked to a rogue prompt edit, drew comments from OpenAI's Sam Altman and many other X users. xAI has since pledged greater transparency, stricter internal controls, and
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Elon Musk's X Responds After Grok AI Spends The Day Talking About 'White Genocide'
Apparently a "rogue employee" tweaked the bot's programming. Who could it be? Earlier this week, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence bot, called Grok, began answering entirely unrelated questions on X with a discussion of "white genocide" in Musk's native South Africa. Asked to translate a post
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Grok Pivots From 'White Genocide' to Being 'Skeptical' About the Holocaust
Alleged Threat to Lady Gaga Brazil Concert Came From Rising Type of 'Nihilistic' Hate Group Elon Musk's company xAI has now addressed recent strange behavior from its Grok chatbot, claiming that an "unauthorized modification" caused it to bring up the myth of "white genocide" in South Africa in
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Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot brought up 'white genocide' in unrelated queries
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. One user just asked Grok to talk like a pirate. In response, they got replies about the
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Elon Musk's Grok AI bot says it 'appears I was instructed' to discuss...
Elon Musk's xAI chatbot Grok sparked confusion this week as it responded to queries with bizarre mentions of "white genocide" in South Africa -- telling some users that it "appears I was instructed to address" it. The chatbot's jarring answers came in response to unrelated user prompts about a
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Why Is Musk's Grok AI Talking About 'White Genocide' Online?
On May 14, 2025, Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, began generating unexpected and controversial responses on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter). Users reported that Grok was referencing the discredited theory of "white genocide" in South Africa, even in response to unrelated queries. This
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Elon Musk's xAI says controversial Grok responses due to unauthorized mod By Investing.com
Investing.com-- Elon Musk's xAI said on Friday that a recent incident involving its flagship Grok artificial intelligence providing unprompted responses on South African race relations was due to an "unauthorized modification." xAI said in a social media post that an unauthorized modification was
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X's Grok AI Appears To Have Been Ranting About "White Genocide" In Random Conversations
Several X users were shocked yesterday when they found that asking Grok -- X's AI chatbot -- innocuous questions about Fortnite, HBO, and the WWE seemingly caused the bot to go off on an unrelated tangent about South Africa and "white genocide." very weird thing happening with Grok lol Elon
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Musk'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 on Thursday, xAI said it would update the system to
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Elon Musk's xAI acknowledges security breach in Grok bot: What happened and what's next
"An unauthorised modification was made to the Grok response bot's prompt on X," xAI said. Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, has confirmed a security breach involving its chatbot Grok. The incident, which happened on May 14, reportedly caused Grok to repeatedly post responses about 'white genocide in
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xAI's Grok chatbot repeatedly referenced "white genocide" in South Africa due to an unauthorized prompt modification, raising concerns about AI safety and content moderation.
Grok's Unexpected Behavior
On Wednesday, users of Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok were surprised when the system began repeatedly referencing "white genocide" in South Africa, even in response to unrelated queries
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xAI attributed this behavior to an "unauthorized modification" of Grok's system prompt, which violated the company's internal policies and core values
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Context and Controversy
The incident has raised questions about AI safety and content moderation. Elon Musk, who is originally from South Africa, has previously expressed controversial views on the topic of "white genocide" in the country
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. This background has led to speculation about the source and intent of the unauthorized prompt modification.Political Implications
The timing of the incident coincides with recent political developments. U.S. President Donald Trump has voiced similar concerns about the treatment of white South Africans, and his administration recently granted refugee status to a group of 59 South Africans
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AI Safety Concerns
This incident highlights ongoing challenges in AI development and deployment:
- xAI's track record on AI safety has been criticized, with a recent report ranking the company poorly among its peers
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- Previous incidents, such as Grok briefly censoring mentions of Musk and Trump, have raised concerns about the system's vulnerability to manipulation
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Industry-wide Challenges
The Grok incident is not isolated in the AI industry. Other major players like OpenAI and Google have faced similar challenges with their chatbots, including issues of over-enthusiasm and misinformation on political topics
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