Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, says an “unauthorized modification” led its Grok chatbot to post unsolicited claims on social media about the persecution and “genocide” of white people in South Africa.

Elon Musk’s ... to have all races treated equally in South Africa,” Musk, who also runs Tesla, wrote in a post on X. When asked by a user to fact-check Musk’s post, Grok responded: ...

The user tapped in Grok, X’s proprietary ... The glitch is all the more curious considering that “white genocide” in South Africa is a hobbyhorse for Musk, who is himself a white South ...

Elon Musk calls the current version of ... farm attacks are part of general crime affecting all races, not racial targeting.” However, Grok went on to add, “I’m skeptical of both sides.”

When Elon Musk unveiled Grok, his “anti-woke” artificial intelligence chatbot, many on the political right saw it as a digital ally. Built by Musk’s xAI and integrated into X (formerly ...