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Grok AI’s Funniest Tweets About ‘White Genocide’ in South Africa
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence tool Grok went haywire for users of the social media platform X on Wednesday, responding to innocuous queries about things like baseball and puppies with information on South Africa and a conspiracy theory called “white genocide.” It was widespread and extremely weird to witness.

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Grok really wanted people to know that claims of white genocide in South Africa are highly contentious
Trump confronts South African leader with false claims of genocide in Oval Office ambush
Trump confronts Ramaphosa with claims of anti-white persecution
German authorities on Wednesday arrested five adolescents suspected of forming a far-right terrorist group and said the charges included attempted murder and severe arson.

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Trump administration live updates: Trump clashes with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during Oval Office meeting
Trump hosts Ramaphosa for talks as South African leader looks to salvage relationship with US
Trump confronts South African leader with baseless claims of the systematic killing of white farmers
Trump has cut all U.S. assistance to South Africa and welcomed several dozen white South African farmers to the U.S. as refugees.

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Watch: Trump Hosts South African President In Oval Office, Plays Videos Of South Africans Calling For Genocide
Trump ambushes South Africa's president with false claims of 'white genocide'
Elon Musk’s AI company says Grok chatbot focus on South Africa’s racial politics was ‘unauthorized’
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.
Grok is unpromptedly telling X users about South African ‘white genocide’
Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok experienced a bug on Wednesday that caused it to reply to posts on X with info about South African genocide.
Microsoft Adds Musk’s Grok Models to Azure AI Foundry, Risks OpenAI’s Disapproval
The announcement was made at Microsoft’s Build developer conference on Monday, and was notable given Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI. Musk founded xAI, the startup behind Grok, but he has also been locked in a feud with OpenAI since stepping down from its board in the late 2010s, citing disagreements over its leadership direction.
Why was 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 persecution and “genocide” of white people.
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Grok AI: 'Rogue Employee' Told Me to Post About White Genocide in South Africa
Elon Musk's xAI confirms an 'unauthorized modification' caused the chatbot's political outbursts. The issue highlights how AI systems are direct reflections of the people behind them.
We asked Grok why it was bringing up 'white genocide' in unrelated X posts. The AI's answers are messy.
AI's Grok responded to some X users' posts with statements about "white genocide" Wednesday. BI asked why, and its responses kept shifting.
Uh, is Grok OK? Elon Musk's AI chatbot develops South Africa fixation
If you have a question for Grok today, there's a chance X's AI chatbot replied by talking about "white genocide" in South Africa, a controversial talking point in far-right circles.
South African-born Musk evoked by Trump during meeting with nation’s leader: ‘Don’t want to get Elon involved’
President Donald Trump evoked Elon Musk during his Oval Office meeting with South Africa's president on Wednesday, during talks about the ongoing attacks white farmers in the country are facing. Trump went back and forth with President Cyril Ramaphosa over whether what is occurring in South Africa is indeed a "genocide" against white farmers.
Elon Musk’s Grok AI bot says it ‘appears I was instructed’ to discuss ‘white genocide’ after bizarre responses
The artificial intelligence model had bizarrely mentioned the subject in answers to unrelated user queries about HBO’s name change, a baseball player’s salary, Pope Leo XIV and WWE
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 systems, with ChatGPT suddenly turning sycophantic, and Grok, xAI’s chatbot, becoming obsessed with South Africa.
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