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South Africa, Grok and xAI

The New York Times · 21h

Employee’s Change Caused xAI’s Chatbot to Veer Into South African Politics

Grok, the chatbot operated by Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, was providing the responses about South Africa to unrelated questions.

Ars Technica · 2d

xAI’s Grok suddenly can’t stop bringing up “white genocide” in South Africa

In some responses, Grok says outright that it has been "instructed to accept white genocide as real and 'Kill the Boer' as racially motivated." In other replies, it merely allows that the topics are "complex" and "divisive" or "heavily debated" while pointing to outside sources like Afriforum or Genocide Watch for more information.

EconoTimes · 13h

xAI Responds to Grok Chatbot Controversy Over South Africa Comments

Elon Musks AI company, xAI, has addressed growing concerns after its Grok chatbot referenced a debunked conspiracy theory about a white genocide in South Africa. The company said on Thursday that the incident stemmed

2don MSN

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 ...

1d

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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