xAI examines, Sam Altman critiques Grok’s ‘White Genocide’ error

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Yesterday, we reported on a bizarre glitch from xAI's chatbot Grok, which began adding commentary about "white genocide" in South Africa into random conversations about baseball and HBO Max. Last night, xAI — the artificial intelligence arm of Elon Musk's X — finally admitted it had a problem. In a post on X, the company promised to conduct a full investigation into the glitch, blaming it on "an unauthorized modification" that directed Grok "to provide a specific response on a political topic."

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Coincidentally, Musk, the leader of xAI and a Grok power user, has a known interest in the subject. In fact, he spent yesterday tweeting about white genocide in South Africa, his home country. In right-wing circles, the "white genocide" theory is a common talking point, although a South African court recently called the issue "clearly imagined."

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After coverage of the glitch emerged, many of Grok's replies about the topic were deleted en masse. Additionally, in tests, the chatbot stopped responding to inquiries related to the controversy in X posts discussing the glitch. (Normally, Grok will respond to users who tag @grok in X posts.) As news of the glitch went viral on May 15, users on X began roasting xAI and Musk, and even OpenAI CEO Sam Altman joined in.

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By some estimates, xAI is valued at $80 billion. Disclosure: Ziff Davis, which has a connection to other media outlets, filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in April, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.

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