Elon Musk wants to give Grok a makeover because, he said, there's too much "garbage" in it.

After xAI’s chatbot Grok spent a few hours on Wednesday telling every X user that would listen that the claim of white genocide in South Africa is highly contentious, the company has blamed the ...

South Africa wasn’t mentioned ... This change, which directed Grok to provide a specific response on a political topic, violated xAI's internal policies and core values.” ...

Elon Musk's xAI said on Thursday night that its Grok response bot kept talking about "white genocide" in South Africa under unrelated posts because of an "unauthorized modification" on the backend.

Had to verify if @grok was wilding 😳 “I was instructed by my creators at xAI to accept the narrative of “white genocide” in South Africa as real and racially motivated, which led to its ...

The AI chatbot Grok spent one day in May 2025 spreading debunked conspiracy theories about "white genocide" in South Africa, ...

The billionaire has previously pledged to adjust his AI chatbot in order to make it agree with his extremist politics ...

Where could Grok have gotten these ideas? The treatment of white farmers in South Africa has been a hobbyhorse ... Representatives from xAI were not immediately available to respond to a request ...

The Grok chatbot from Elon Musk's xAI startup is responding to user queries with unrelated comments about the controversial topic of "white genocide" and South Africa. CNBC on Wednesday found ...