Grok AI’s wild tweets on South African “white genocide”
Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 3:20 pm
Elon Musk’s bot Grok has been busy spouting off controversial messages regarding South African white genocide—even when unprompted—and then backtracking to debunk the claims. The automated chatter has left social media users scratching their heads while regulators and experts raise an eyebrow.
The topic has long been a hobbyhorse of X owner Elon Musk.
In response to X user queries about everything from sports to Medicaid cuts, the xAI chatbot inserted unrelated information about “white genocide” in South Africa.
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 genocide in South Africa, even when the user didn’t ask anything about the subject. The strange responses stem from the X account for Grok, which replies to…
Elon Musk’s xAI chatbot Grok is posting about 'white genocide' and South Africa
Grok, the AI model from Elon Musk’s xAI, was sending strange responses to people on X earlier on Wednesday. In responses to a number of people, Grok focused on debunking claims of white genocide in South Africa – even when tagged into a post about totally unrelated topics. Check out this thread to…
Grok was caught earlier this year censoring results critical of President Trump and Musk himself, sowing more doubt of its factual integrity.
Elon Musk's AI is obsessed with the South African conspiracy theory.
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