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Grok AI says Elon Musk ‘instructed’ it to discuss the white genocide in South Africa
Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok, developed by his artificial intelligence company xAI, shocked users on Wednesday after it responded ...
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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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xAI says an “unauthorized” prompt change caused Grok to focus on “white genocide”
On Wednesday, the world was a bit perplexed by the Grok LLM's sudden insistence on turning practically every response toward the topic of alleged "white genocide" in South Africa. xAI now says ...
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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.” But lately, the chatbot has struggled with even the most basic ...
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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 ...
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Elon Musk, who’s suing Microsoft, is also software giant’s special guest in new Grok AI partnership
Elon Musk is in a legal fight with Microsoft but made a friendly virtual appearance at the software giant’s annual technology showcase to reveal that his Grok artificial intelligence chatbot ...
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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 social media this week, posting unsolicited claims about the ...
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Sam Altman mocks Grok for inserting mentions of 'white genocide in South Africa' in unrelated X posts
Sam Altman joined in and made fun of Grok, perhaps extending his long-running feud with the X owner. Musk has promoted the "white genocide" conspiracy theory, deemed false by South African ...
Newsweek5d
Grok Saw 'Unauthorized Modification' Before Slew of 'White Genocide' Posts
Grok's aberrant behavior coincides with Musk posting repeatedly about the situation in South Africa, and the arrival of South African Afrikaans "refugees" in America, despite Trump's immigration ...
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Grok’s Memory Feature Takes Aim at ChatGPT But Divides Users: ‘Transparency Matters’
We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. xAI’s Grok 3 chatbot can now remember conversations you’ve had with it, allowing it to provide more personalized ...
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Musk's xAI says Grok's ‘white genocide' posts resulted from change that violated ‘core values'
Elon Musk's xAI on Thursday evening made its first public comment about the latest controversy surrounding Grok, writing in a post on X that an "unauthorized modification" caused the chatbot to ...