Elon Musk's xAI startup has blamed an "unauthorized modification" for causing its chatbot Grok to generate posts referencing "white genocide" in South Africa.

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.

As company’s chase the final frontier of artificial intelligence, some are finding themselves in hot water with their AI responses. The company behind Grok, xAI, has issued a statement after its AI seemingly went rampant, spouting nonsense about a “white genocide” in South Africa, after someone allegedly altered its response prompt.