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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 ...
Grok is unpromptedly telling X users about South African ‘white genocide’
Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok experienced a bug on Wednesday that caused it to reply to posts on X with info about South ...
xAI’s Grok suddenly can’t stop bringing up “white genocide” in South Africa
In some responses, Grok says outright that it has been "instructed to accept white genocide as real and 'Kill the Boer' as ...
Grok Saw 'Unauthorized Modification' Before Slew of 'White Genocide' Posts
Grok's developer has said an "unauthorized modification" took place after users reported the chatbot founded by Elon Musk was ...
Microsoft Adds Musk’s Grok Models to Azure AI Foundry, Risks OpenAI’s Disapproval
The announcement was made at Microsoft’s Build developer conference on Monday, and was notable given Microsoft’s partnership ...
We asked Grok why it was bringing up 'white genocide' in unrelated X posts. The AI's answers are messy.
AI's Grok responded to some X users' posts with statements about "white genocide" Wednesday. BI asked why, and its responses ...
Grok really wanted people to know that claims of white genocide in South Africa are highly contentious
Grok, the AI model from Elon Musk’s xAI, was sending strange responses to people on X earlier on Wednesday. In responses to a ...
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Musk’s Grok ‘instructed’ to spread unsolicited white genocide stories in South Africa posts
Musk's artificial intelligence startup blamed the fiasco on 'unauthorised modifications' to its prompt system.
A former OpenAI safety researcher makes sense of ChatGPT’s sycophancy and Grok’s South Africa obsession
Steven Adler breaks down recent erratic behavior from leading chatbots. It has been an odd few weeks for generative AI ...
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South Africa: The High-Stakes Diplomatic Dance Between Ramaphosa and Trump - How Will It End?
Tensions escalated since Trump's return to the White House in 2025, driven by his amplification of debunked "white genocide" narratives, and echoed by Musk. Trump said "terrible things are happening" ...