2025-05-16
Grok kept talking about 'white genocide' due to an 'unauthorized modification'
In the early hours of May 14, xAI's chatbot Grok repeatedly gave X users responses that referred to claims about a "white genocide" in South Africa even if their inquiries had nothing to do about the subject. Now, in a statement posted on the social network, Elon Musk's AI company has explained that "an unauthorized modification" to Grok's prompt on X caused it to "provide a specific response on a political topic." It didn [...]
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2025-05-15
Grok gave X users its opinion on ‘white genocide’ in South Africa, whether they liked it or not
If you’ve asked Grok, the AI chatbot baked into Elon Musk’s X platform, a question this week, you might have been slightly confused by its response. In what appears to have been some kind of bug t [...]
2025-02-18
xAI launches Grok 3 AI, claiming it is capable of 'human reasoning'
xAI has launched its Grok 3 models during a livestream with Elon Musk, who said they were "an order of magnitude more capable than Grok 2." The Grok 3 mini model can answer questions quickly [...]
2025-05-16
xAI blames "unauthorized" system prompt change for Grok's "white genocide" outburst
Grok, the AI chatbot from Elon Musk's company xAI, is drawing attention for giving bizarre, unsolicited answers about "white genocide" in South Africa—even when the questions have not [...]
2025-02-28
Engadget Podcast: iPhone 16e review and Amazon's AI-powered Alexa+
The keyword for the iPhone 16e seems to be "compromise." In this episode, Devindra chats with Cherlynn about her iPhone 16e review and try to figure out who this phone is actually for. Also, [...]
2025-04-16
xAI's Grok launches Studio interface for documents and code
xAI has launched a new interface for its Grok chatbot that could be compared to ChatGPT's Canvas. The Elon Musk-helmed AI company has introduced the first version of Studio, which can generate do [...]
2025-04-11
Ireland's privacy regulator is investigating X's use of public data to train Grok
Ireland's data privacy regulator is investigating Elon Musk's X. The country's Data Protection Commission (DPC) said on Friday (via Reuters) that it's opening an inquiry into the s [...]
