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.

Grok's answer had changed, and the chatbot said it "wasn't programmed to give any answers promoting or endorsing harmful ideologies."

After fully losing its mind and ranting about "white genocide" in unrelated tweets, Elon Musk's Grok chatbot has admitted to what many suspected to be the case: that its creator told the AI to push the topic.

In response to X user queries about everything from sports to Medicaid cuts, the xAI chatbot inserted unrelated information about “white genocide” in South Africa.

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.

Social media users asked Grok a series of questions about 'white genocide', revealing that the bot was trained to keep mentioning it

The controversy comes amid renewed scrutiny of Musk’s personal views and their influence on his companies. The billionaire, himself a South African citizen, has previously criticised South Africa’s ru

Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot on X stunned users by responding to unrelated questions with racially charged commentary about South Africa, highlighting ongoing concerns about bias, reliability, and hallucinations in generative AI tools.

Over the last few days, users have noticed an eye-opening trend in the responses from Grok, the AI bot installed on the social media platform X