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 behavior on an “unauthorized modification” to Grok’s code.

And for the most part, Grok has performed reasonably well at providing responses. But not yesterday. Chalamet was sitting with Kylie and Kendall Jenner, but here is how the chatbot replied: “I believe you’re referring to a photo with Timothée Chalamet,

Much like its creator, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI) 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.