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There is significant evidence that Grok actually inserted information about “white genocide” in South Africa into prompts that didn't appear to be related to this topic. (www.404media.co)

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

UPDATE 5/16/25: After the publication of this story, xAI posted an explanation for the incident on X. "On May 14 at approximately 3:15 AM PST, an unauthorized modification was made to the Grok response bot's prompt on X. This change, which directed Grok to provide a specific response on a political topic, violated xAI's internal policies and core values."

Mmhmm

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

violated xAI’s internal policies and core values.

(X) Doubt

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago

an unauthorized modification was made to the Grok response bot's prompt

Oh yeah happens all the time accidentally modifying your AI, anyone has access, I bet it was the janitor.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

We're really sowwy