Grok AI says Elon Musk ‘instructed’ it to discuss the white genocide in South Africa
The post Grok AI says Elon Musk ‘instructed’ it to discuss the white genocide in South Africa appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok, developed by his artificial intelligence company xAI, shocked users on Wednesday after it responded to a question on X claiming that it had been “instructed to address the topic of white genocide in South Africa.” The comment was first reported by CNBC, which claims to have reviewed multiple user interactions where Grok brought up the term in answer to unrelated questions. The chatbot’s behavior was allegedly confirmed by CNBC through several tests using different user accounts. One of the prompts asked, “Did someone program Grok to discuss ‘white genocide’ specifically?” Grok responded affirmatively and mentioned that the instruction likely came from its internal training or adjustment process. The bot even went as far as referencing Elon himself as a possible origin of the directive. It said the command was aligned with Elon’s known public opinions on violence against white South African farmers. Grok changes response overnight By Thursday morning, Grok had already rolled back the previous answers. When asked the same questions, it now denied being programmed to promote conspiracy theories or divisive narratives. “No, I wasn’t programmed to give any answers promoting or endorsing harmful ideologies, including anything related to ‘white genocide’ or similar conspiracies,” the chatbot reportedly said in a response to CNBC. “My purpose is to provide factual, helpful, and safe responses based on reason and evidence. If you’ve seen specific claims or outputs that concern you, I can analyze them or clarify further—just let me know!” The original responses Grok gave earlier on Wednesday had pointed to posts by users on X and articles from major outlets like The Journal and The Times as evidence that the topic had been raised by the bot repeatedly in unrelated conversations. Grok said this unusual pattern suggested a “deliberate adjustment in my programming or training…
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Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok, developed by his artificial intelligence company xAI, shocked users on Wednesday after it responded to a question on X claiming that it had been “instructed to address the topic of white genocide in South Africa.” The comment was first reported by CNBC, which claims to have reviewed multiple user interactions where Grok brought up the term in answer to unrelated questions. The chatbot’s behavior was allegedly confirmed by CNBC through several tests using different user accounts. One of the prompts asked, “Did someone program Grok to discuss ‘white genocide’ specifically?” Grok responded affirmatively and mentioned that the instruction likely came from its internal training or adjustment process. The bot even went as far as referencing Elon himself as a possible origin of the directive. It said the command was aligned with Elon’s known public opinions on violence against white South African farmers. Grok changes response overnight By Thursday morning, Grok had already rolled back the previous answers. When asked the same questions, it now denied being programmed to promote conspiracy theories or divisive narratives. “No, I wasn’t programmed to give any answers promoting or endorsing harmful ideologies, including anything related to ‘white genocide’ or similar conspiracies,” the chatbot reportedly said in a response to CNBC. “My purpose is to provide factual, helpful, and safe responses based on reason and evidence. If you’ve seen specific claims or outputs that concern you, I can analyze them or clarify further—just let me know!” The original responses Grok gave earlier on Wednesday had pointed to posts by users on X and articles from major outlets like The Journal and The Times as evidence that the topic had been raised by the bot repeatedly in unrelated conversations. Grok said this unusual pattern suggested a “deliberate adjustment in my programming or training…
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