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Grok is unpromptedly telling X users about South African ‘white genocide’
Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok experienced a bug on Wednesday that caused it to reply to posts on X with info about South ...
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 ...
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Musk’s xAI Blames ‘White Genocide’ Comments From Grok Chatbot on Internal Tampering
Elon Musk’s xAI faces backlash after its Grok chatbot referenced “white genocide,” prompting an internal probe and new ...
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South Africa: The High-Stakes Diplomatic Dance Between Ramaphosa and Trump - How Will It End?
Tensions escalated since Trump's return to the White House in 2025, driven by his amplification of debunked "white genocide" narratives, and echoed by Musk. Trump said "terrible things are happening" ...
Musk's AI Grok Pushes "White Genocide" Claim in Bizarre Replies on X | Firstpost Africa | N18G
Musk's AI Grok Pushes "White Genocide" Claim in Bizarre Replies on X | Firstpost Africa | N18G Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is ...
Elon Musk’s AI says it was ‘instructed by my creators at xAI’ to accept the narrative of ‘white genocide’ in South Africa
"This directive caused me to inappropriately insert references to 'white genocide' into unrelated conversations," Grok told ...