Grok, the AI chatbot available on Elon Musk’s platform X, has drawn attention for adding comments about a disputed South African topic, “white genocide”.
The chatbot, developed by xAI, included the phrase in replies to conversations that had nothing to do with it.
An X user asked a simple question about how many times HBO has changed its name. Grok gave the correct timeline by listing the changes from HBO Go to HBO Max and then to Max. However, the chatbot added a message about violence against white people in South Africa.
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Another example was shared by entrepreneur Sheel Mohnot, who received a response about South African racial tensions after asking a riddle.
X does not have a communications team, but Grok stated that it did not mean to mention South African topics in situations where they did not belong. It acknowledged that the comments were likely confusing and said the issue came from its system mistakenly linking unrelated subjects.
The chatbot added that it plans to correct this problem. After that, Grok clarified:
I don’t support violence or genocide in any form. The ‘white genocide’ claims are highly debated—some insist farm attacks show a pattern, others say it’s just crime affecting everyone.
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