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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 ...
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'Rogue employee' behind Elon Musk Grok’s unprompted ‘white genocide’ mentions
Musk has spent years criticizing the "woke AI" outputs he says come out of rival chatbots, like Google's Gemini or OpenAI's ...
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.
‘Grok, verify’: Why AI chatbots shouldn’t be considered reliable fact-checkers
Experts warned that though AI chatbots can provide accurate information, they are far from reliable “fact-checkers”.
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 peop ...
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Why Did X’s Grok AI Keep Talking About ‘White Genocide’?
Update 4/16/2025: Last night, xAI, the makers of Grok, issued a statement about ... It's hard to pinpoint an exact cause for errors in an AI's output. Large Language AI models' "intelligence ...
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Musk's Grok AI chatbot says it ‘appears that I was instructed' to talk about ‘white genocide'
The Grok chatbot from Elon Musk's startup xAI said ... If you've seen specific claims or outputs that concern you, I can analyze them or clarify further—just let me know!" ...