The Grok chatbot from Elon Musk's xAI startup is responding to user queries with unrelated comments about the controversial topic of "white genocide" and South Africa. CNBC on Wednesday found numerous ...

Among other problems, the chatbot is spewing misinformation about the horrific Bondi Beach shooting in Australia.

The Grok chatbot from Elon Musk's startup xAI said Wednesday that it "appears I was instructed to address the topic of 'white genocide' in South Africa," according to responses viewed by CNBC. Users ...

Over the weekend, Grok began confidently spreading misinformation about the Bondi Beach shooting in Sydney, where at least eleven people were killed during a Hanukkah gathering. Instead of clarifying ...

Grok declared that it would be okay with genociding close to half of all children in the world to save Elon Musk.

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company said an “unauthorized modification” to its chatbot Grok was the reason why it kept talking about South African racial politics and the subject of “white ...

In the two-plus years since generative artificial intelligence took the the world by storm following the public release of ChatGPT, trust has been a perpetual problem. Hallucinations, bad math and ...

A tech company employee who went on an antisemitic tirade like X’s Grok chatbot did this week would soon be out of a job. Spewing hate speech to millions of people and invoking Adolf Hitler is not ...

Grok AI said Elon Musk is fitter than LeBron James and could win a fight against Mike Tyson. Grok AI has previously espoused praise for Musk and responded with antisemitism and conspiracy theories.

What happens if my Tesla calls me “Jewboy”? Do I report my car to the ADL? Do I warn my Model Y to watch its mouth? Do I call the police to disclose a hate crime? It’s not an outlandish worry. Because ...