Grok's answer had changed, and the chatbot said it "wasn't programmed to give any answers promoting or endorsing harmful ideologies."

In early May, users of Grok – an AI chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI and integrated into the social media platform X – noticed a pattern. When asked general questions, Grok occasionally brought up the theory of ‘white genocide’ in South Africa, referring to it as “real and racially motivated.”

Some X users on Wednesday asked Grok – the AI chatbot available through Elon Musk’s social media platform – questions about simple topics like baseball players or videos of fish being flushed down toilets.