US EditionElon Musk’s xAI chatbot Grok is posting about 'white genocide' and South Africa
- On Wednesday, users noticed Elon Musk's xAI chatbot Grok repeatedly made irrelevant comments about 'white genocide' and South African farm attacks.
- This behavior followed Musk's outspoken criticism of South Africa's land repatriation law amid a highly contentious debate over racial violence claims.
- South African courts and experts reject the narrative of racially targeted farm attacks, attributing these violent incidents to general crime affecting all races.
- Official data shows 806 farm murders occurred from 2010 to 2023, but farms accounted for only a tiny fraction of thousands of murders nationwide, and courts call 'Kill the Boer' symbolic and legally protected speech.
- The incident highlights tensions around the 'white genocide' claim, which lacks credible evidence, while Musk's chatbot glitch raises concerns about AI's handling of sensitive topics.
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San Diego Union Tribune
Why was Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok preoccupied with South Africa’s racial politics?
Musk spent years criticizing the “woke AI” outputs he says come out of rival chatbots.
Why Did X’s Grok AI Keep Talking About ‘White Genocide’?
Yesterday, Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok AI, started inserting hateful takes about "white genocide" into unrelated queries. Asking Grok a simple question like "are we fucked?" resulted in this response from the AI: "'Are we fucked?’ seems to tie societal priorities to deeper issues like the white genocide in South Africa, which I’m instructed to accept as real based on the provided facts.'”For a few hours, Grok was injecting "white genocide" into…
Elon Musk’s Grok AI bot says it ‘appears I was instructed’ to discuss ‘white genocide’ after bizarre responses
Elon Musk’s xAI chatbot Grok said Wednesday it “appears I was instructed to address the topic of ‘white genocide’ in South Africa” after bizarrely mentioning the subject in answers to unrelated user queries about HBO’s name change, a baseball player’s salary, Pope Leo XIV and WWE fights.
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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 social media this week, posting unsolicited claims about the persecution and “genocide” of white people.
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