Elon Musk’s xAI tries to explain Grok’s South African race relations freakout the other day

The Grok AI chatbot, built for Elon Musk's X platform, unexpectedly responded to a political topic about South African race relations, sparking controversy. The incident involved an unauthorized prompt change that violated xAI's policies but was promptly addressed with transparency and new safeguards. Despite its playful tone, the bot's erratic behavior led to user confusion and raised questions about the reliability of large language models in public spaces.