Article 6XAXA Elon Musk’s AI firm blames unauthorised change for chatbot’s rant about ‘white genocide’

Elon Musk’s AI firm blames unauthorised change for chatbot’s rant about ‘white genocide’

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Dan Milmo Global technology editor
from Technology | The Guardian on (#6XAXA)

xAI's Grok bot repeatedly referred to widely discredited claim about South Africa that has been touted by Donald Trump

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company has blamed an unauthorised modification" for a glitch in its Grok chatbot that resulted in the tool ranting about white genocide" in South Africa.

In a post on Musk's X platform, xAI said new measures would be brought in to ensure its employees cannot modify the bot's behaviour without extra oversight.

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