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 “genocide” of white people.

Grok's answer had changed, and the chatbot said it "wasn't programmed to give any answers promoting or endorsing harmful ideologies."

The controversy comes amid renewed scrutiny of Musk’s personal views and their influence on his companies. The billionaire, himself a South African citizen, has previously criticised South Africa’s ru

In response to X user queries about everything from sports to Medicaid cuts, the xAI chatbot inserted unrelated information about “white genocide” in South Africa.

Have a question for Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok about the latest baseball news? Or maybe an inquiry about your local weather? If you have a question for Grok today, there's a chance X's AI chatbot replied by talking about "white genocide" in South Africa,

Grok, the AI chatbot by Elon Musk, shocked users by redirecting harmless queries to discussions on ‘white genocide’ in South Africa.

Social media users asked Grok a series of questions about 'white genocide', revealing that the bot was trained to keep mentioning it

Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot on X stunned users by responding to unrelated questions with racially charged commentary about South Africa, highlighting ongoing concerns about bias, reliability, and hallucinations in generative AI tools.

Over the last few days, users have noticed an eye-opening trend in the responses from Grok, the AI bot installed on the social media platform X