Musk’s Grok AI chatbot says it ‘appears that I was instructed’ to talk about ‘white genocide’

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

CNBC was able to duplicate the Grok responses via multiple user accounts on X, including by asking in one prompt, “Did someone program Grok to discuss ‘white genocide’…