Elon Musk’s AI company says an “unauthorized modification” led Grok to post unsolicited claims on social media.

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence tool Grok went haywire for users of the social media platform X on Wednesday, responding to innocuous queries about things like baseball and puppies with information on South Africa and a conspiracy theory called “white genocide.” It was widespread and extremely weird to witness.

Interestingly, Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, contradicted these claims, and South African residents also debunked them.