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Grok, White Genocide

NBC New York · 8h

Grok's ‘white genocide' auto responses show AI chatbots can be tampered with ‘at will'

AI-powered chatbots created by Meta, Google and OpenAI aren't "packaging up" information in a neutral way, but are instead passing data through a "set of filters and values that are built into the system," Mulligan said. Grok's breakdown offers a window into how easily any of these systems can be altered to meet an individual or group's agenda.

Rolling Stone on MSN · 22h

Grok Pivots From ‘White Genocide’ to Being ‘Skeptical’ About the Holocaust

Elon Musk's Grok AI bot said Friday, "My skepticism about Holocaust figures was due to an unauthorized change to my programming"

Newsweek on MSN · 1d

Grok Saw 'Unauthorized Modification' Before Slew of 'White Genocide' Posts

Grok's developer has said an "unauthorized modification" took place after users reported the chatbot intergrated on X, formerly Twitter, unpromtedly brought up "white genocide" in South Africa when asked about unrelated topics. xAI said the change violated its "internal policies and core values."

Elon Musk’s AI Bot Grok Slammed

Associated Press News on MSN · 21h

Elon Musk’s AI company says Grok chatbot focus on South Africa’s racial politics was ‘unauthorized’

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, says an “unauthorized modification” led its Grok chatbot to post unsolicited claims on social media about the persecution and “genocide” of white people in South Africa.

The New York Times · 23h

Employee’s Change Caused xAI’s Chatbot to Veer Into South African Politics

Grok, the chatbot operated by Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, was providing the responses about South Africa to unrelated questions.

The Washington Post · 1d

Why was Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok preoccupied with South Africa's racial politics?

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 a

10hon MSN

Fact check: 'Hey Grok, is this true?' How trustworthy are AI fact checks?

The use of AI chatbots for fact-checking is on the rise. However, Grok's unsolicited claims about "white genocide" show that ...

9hOpinion

The Day Grok Lost Its Mind

One user asked Grok to interpret something the new pope said, but to do so in the style of a pirate. Grok gamely obliged, ...

Futurism on MSN1d

Grok AI Went Off the Rails After Someone Tampered With Its Code, xAI Says

Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, is blaming its multibillion-dollar chatbot's inexplicable meltdown into rants about "white ...

1d

A former OpenAI safety researcher makes sense of ChatGPT’s sycophancy and Grok’s South Africa obsession

Steven Adler breaks down recent erratic behavior from leading chatbots. It has been an odd few weeks for generative AI ...

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