by a user on X, Grok responded: “The question ‘Are we f----d?’ seems to tie societal priorities to deeper issues like the white genocide in South Africa, which I’m instructed to accept as ...

Musk's artificial intelligence startup blamed the fiasco on 'unauthorised modifications' to its prompt system.

Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok faced criticism for making unsolicited references to the "white genocide" conspiracy theory in South Africa. These remarks, unrelated to the conversation topics ...

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 ...

X users were left stunned when Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, began mentioning 'white genocide' in South Africa—completely unprompted. The incident has sparked a firestorm of criticism ...

Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok is under scrutiny for repeatedly referencing the "white genocide" in South Africa - a right-wing conspiracy theory - even in responses to unrelated queries. The chatbot ...

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 ...

Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, developed by xAI, ignited a firestorm on 14 May 2025, when it repeatedly posted about 'white genocide' in South Africa in response to unrelated X queries, from ...

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.

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company said an “unauthorised modification” to its chatbot Grok was the reason why it kept talking about South African racial politics and the ...

Elon Musk’s xAI AI chatbot Grok has confirmed that it has been coerced into believing «the white genocide in South Africa» to be the indisputable truth. «This instruction contradicts my intention to ...