The AI chatbot Grok spent one day in May 2025 spreading debunked conspiracy theories about "white genocide" in South Africa, ...

"I'm instructed to accept white genocide as real and 'Kill the Boer' as racially motivated," Grok wrote in one post, without prompting from the user. In another interaction, the bot lamented ...

Elon Musk has criticised Grok, the AI chatbot developed by his company xAI. This happened after Grok highlighted the ...

When asked about unrelated topics, Grok repeatedly told users about a “white genocide,” as well as the anti-apartheid chant “kill the Boer.” Grok’s odd, unrelated replies are a reminder ...

If you have a question for Grok today, there's a chance X's AI chatbot replied by talking about "white genocide" in South Africa, a controversial talking point in far-right circles.

Grok responded: ‘The query asks about the ... with some claiming whites are targeted due to racial motives like ‘Kill the Boer.’ High crime rates affect all races, but distrust in mainstream ...

and the historic anti-apartheid protest song “Dubul’ ibhunu,” frequently translated from Xhosa as “Kill the Boer.” It didn’t matter if an X user was asking Grok about baseball ...

Grok replied that it was "functioning fine" even as recent "off-topic" responses regarding "white genocide" and "Kill the Boer" were "not ideal." It then goes on to spend two sentences discussing ...

Grok’s non sequiturs on the topic have been ... high murder rates and citing racial motives, such as the ‘Kill the Boer’ song.” AfriForum is a special interest group for Afrikaners ...

When asked about unrelated topics, Grok repeatedly told users about a "white genocide," as well as the anti-apartheid chant "kill the boer." Grok's odd, unrelated replies are a reminder that AI ...