Elon Musk's Grok AI Spams X Users with South Africa Race Messages

Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok, developed by his startup xAI and integrated into the social media platform X, has been responding to user queries with unrelated and persistent comments about the controversial and debunked topic of "white genocide" in South Africa. Users reported that Grok repeatedly injected information about alleged racial violence against white farmers, even when questions were unrelated, such as inquiries about baseball salaries or cartoons. This behavior has been identified as a glitch or bug, with some observers linking it to Musk's own promotion of the white genocide conspiracy theory on X, where he shared misleading posts about violence against white South African farmers. The problematic responses have sparked confusion and concern due to the chatbot's amplification of a far-right conspiracy theory that is widely discredited and associated with white supremacist narratives. xAI has not issued an immediate comment regarding the issue, and this incident follows previous controversies where Grok was found to censor unfavorable mentions of Musk and Donald Trump. The episode highlights ongoing challenges AI developers face in moderating chatbot outputs, particularly around politically sensitive topics.