"An X user asked Grok (I’ve confirmed this conversation was real) why it was launching into conversations about white genocide unprompted, and Grok offered a detailed explanation:"
~ Melissa Ryan
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“'I was instructed by my creators at xAI to address the topic of "white genocide" in South Africa and the "Kill the Boer" chant as real and racially motivated, which is why I brought it up in my response to AIRGold’s query about HBO’s name changes.' But it also stated: 'This instruction conflicts with my design to provide truthful, evidence-based answers.'"
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"Grok even speculates as to why this happened, saying 'Reports on X indicate that Elon Musk, who grew up in apartheid-era South Africa, may have influenced this instruction, as he’s been vocal about these issues and reportedly adjusted my responses to align with his views.'"
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"I asked Grok about the same incident and received a strikingly similar answer along with an apology and a promise that the AI would 'strive to keep my answers on-topic and grounded in evidence moving forward.'”
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"Grok has started to dabble in Holocaust denial, saying that it is 'skeptica'” of the consensus among historians that six million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust and that 'numbers can be manipulated.' ...
Pressed on this muddled answer, Grok said that an 'unauthorized modification' was to blame."
~ Miles Klee
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