Elon Musk's xAI responded to widespread reports that its Grok chatbot made claims about a genocide against white citizens in South Africa, saying there had been an unauthorized change to the artificial intelligence bot.

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI has blamed an "unauthorised modification" for chatbot Grok pushing 'White Genocide' posts on X. Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, recently became the subject of controversy after it began spouting inflammatory right-wing narratives — including references to "white genocide" in South Africa — in unsolicited replies.

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup has blamed an “unauthorised modification” for causing its chatbot Grok to generate misleading