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Elon Musk's AI company says Grok chatbot focus on South Africa's racial politics was 'unauthorised'
The episode was the latest window into the complicated mix of automation and human engineering that leads 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Sam Altman mocks Grok for inserting mentions of 'white genocide in South Africa' in unrelated X posts
Sam Altman made fun of Grok's "white genocide" mentions on X, perhaps escalating his feud with Elon Musk.
Elon Musk’s Grok AI is spamming X users about South African race relations now, for some reason
Grok was caught earlier this year censoring results critical of President Trump and Musk himself, sowing more doubt of its ...
The day Grok lost its mind
A controversy erupted when Elon Musk shared a post about murdered white farmers in South Africa. Grok, an AI chatbot, ...
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TechKnow: Grok didn’t really mean it
An employee at xAI made a change that “directed Grok to provide a specific response on a political topic,” which “violated ...