Elon Musk's AI company says Grok chatbot focus on South Africa's racial politics was 'unauthorised'


xAI has previously blamed its staff when Grok misbehaves, including in February when the tool was instructed to censor criticism of Musk and Trump. — AP

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company said an "unauthorised modification” to its chatbot Grok was the reason why it kept talking about South African racial politics and the subject of "white genocide” on social media this week.

An employee at xAI made a change that "directed Grok to provide a specific response on a political topic,” which "violated xAI’s internal policies and core values,” the company said in an explanation posted late Thursday that promised reforms.

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