When Musk’s chatbot started injecting “white genocide” conspiracy theories into unrelated conversations, it revealed the dangerous power of AI to reshape reality.
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May 15
Something very weird happened yesterday with Elon Musk’s xAI chatbot Grok — and if you’re at all concerned about the future of AI, it should have you deeply worried.
For several hours on Wednesday, Grok started injecting references to “white genocide” in South Africa into completely unrelated conversations across X. When a baseball podcast asked about Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson’s stats, Grok answered the baseball question but then launched into a bizarre monologue about white farmers being attacked in South Africa and the controversial “Kill the Boer” song. Some X users asked about simple topics like baseball players or videos of fish being flushed down toilets. One user just asked Grok to talk like a pirate. But instead of staying on topic, they got replies about the conspiracy theory of “white genocide” in South Africa, puzzling users across the platform.
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