“The claim of white genocide in South Africa is highly contentious and lacks credible evidence,” the Grok-powered X account ...

And for the most part, Grok has performed reasonably well at providing responses. But not yesterday. Chalamet was sitting ...

White genocide is the myth perpetrated by neo-Nazis and white supremacists that white people are being exterminated by ...

Grok, the AI model from Elon Musk’s xAI, was sending strange responses to people on X earlier on Wednesday. In responses to a ...

AI blamed an 'unauthorized modification' for a bug in its AI-powered Grok chatbot that caused Grok to repeatedly refer to ...

In response to X user queries about everything from sports to Medicaid cuts, the xAI chatbot inserted unrelated information about “white genocide” in South Africa.

Update 4/16/2025: Last night, xAI, the makers of Grok, issued a statement about the artificial intelligence's temporary focus on "white genocide" in answers to unrelated questions. According to ...

The chatbot offered off-topic responses about race relations in South Africa, even when users asked unrelated questions.

It was not immediately clear why the AI bot had suddenly ... Musk’s claims on the topic, Grok wrote “No trustworthy sources back Elon Musk’s 'white genocide' claim in South Africa; courts ...

Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok sparked backlash after repeatedly referencing 'white genocide' in South Africa unprompted, ...

The trade-off for curiosity and choice is the lack of accountability that we foster with artificial intelligence ...

Grok seems to have been programmed to defend claims of white genocide in South Africa. Now it’s all it can talk about.