Grok’s focus on South Africa’s racial politics ‘unauthorised’: Musk’s xAI

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.