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Grok AI: 'Rogue Employee' Told Me to Post About White Genocide in South Africa
Elon Musk's xAI confirms an 'unauthorized modification' caused the chatbot's political outbursts. The issue highlights how AI ...
Elon Musk’s AI company says Grok chatbot focus on South Africa’s racial politics was ‘unauthorized’
Much like its creator, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok was preoccupied with South African racial politics on ...
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 ...
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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Uh, is Grok OK? Elon Musk's AI chatbot develops South Africa fixation
If you have a question for Grok today, there's a chance X's AI chatbot replied by talking about "white genocide" in South Africa, a controversial talking point in far-right circles. On X ...
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We asked Grok why it was bringing up 'white genocide' in unrelated X posts. The AI's answers are messy.
Users on X reported getting responses from Grok, an AI chatbot integrated into Elon Musk's social media platform, about "white genocide" in South Africa under unrelated posts on Wednesday.
TechCrunch1d
Grok is unpromptedly telling X users about South African ‘white genocide’
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok appeared to experience a bug on Wednesday that caused it to reply to dozens of posts on X with information about “white genocide” in South Africa, even when the ...
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Suddenly All Elon Musk’s Grok Can Talk About Is ‘White Genocide’ in South Africa
Elon Musk calls the current version of Grok, a large language model developed by his company xAI, “the smartest AI on Earth ... “white genocide” in South Africa, where Musk was born ...
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‘Voices like Musk highlight concerns’: Grok AI malfunctions, links unrelated queries to ‘white genocide’ in South Africa
Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot sparked controversy by unexpectedly linking unrelated user queries to the alleged "white genocide" in South Africa. The AI system, integrated into X, responded to ...
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xAI’s Grok suddenly can’t stop bringing up “white genocide” in South Africa
The treatment of white farmers in South Africa has been a ... In launching the Grok 3 model in February, Musk said it was a "maximally truth-seeking AI, even if that truth is sometimes at odds ...
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Elon Musk’s AI Chatbot Short-Circuits With ‘White Genocide’ Rants
Grok, the AI chatbot integrated with X, has been delivering users bizarre, completely unprompted claims about “white genocide” in South Africa. Breaking News Intern Grok, the AI chatbot that ...
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Grok AI Is Replying to Random Tweets With Information About ‘White Genocide’
The AI responded: The Witkruis Monument’s ... so that may explain why it provided a response that had nothing to do with South Africa. Asking Grok about a recent article from Time magazine ...