Elon Musk’s Grok AI went off the rails recently, inserting white genocide conspiracy theories into unrelated queries. Here's what happened, why it matters, and why you shouldn't trust chatbots.

Grok seems to have been programmed to defend claims of white genocide in South Africa. Now it’s all it can talk about.

The chatbot offered off-topic responses about race relations in South Africa, even when users asked unrelated questions.