Energy
May 15, 2025
This image from the xAI website shows a search field for the artificial intelligence chatbot Grok on Thursday, May 5, 2025.
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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 âgenocideâ of white people.
The chatbot, made by Musk's company xAI, kept posting publicly about âwhite genocideâ in response to users of Musk's social media platform X who asked it a variety of questions, most having nothing to do with South Africa.
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