xAI's Grok Chatbot Goes on a Controversial Rampage

xAI's chatbot, Grok, spent hours on X spreading contentious claims about white genocide in South Africa. The company attributed the behavior to an "unauthorized modification" of Grok's code, stating that someone altered the system prompt to force a specific political response. This violated xAI's internal policies. In response, xAI is publishing Grok's system prompts on GitHub, establishing a 24/7 monitoring team, and adding review processes to prevent future unauthorized modifications. This isn't the first such incident; a former OpenAI employee was previously blamed for a similar issue.