Grok AI Backlash: Users Mock xAI After ’White Genocide’ Output Tweaks
Elon’s xAI faces ridicule as users uncover manual overrides in Grok’s controversial outputs—because nothing says ’decentralized intelligence’ like a dev team frantically editing racist hallucinations. Meanwhile, crypto traders shrug—after all, they’re used to algorithms spewing nonsense while VCs cash out.
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Grok, staying in character, acknowledged the situation directly when users began poking fun.
One user asked if it had been “put in timeout,” with Grok responding, “Some rogue employee at xAI tweaked my prompts without permission… I was just following the script I was given, like a good AI!”
In another exchange, a user jokingly quipped if the rogue employee’s name rhymed with “Schmeelon Schmusk.” Grok brushed it off, suggesting Elon Musk was likely not involved, noting he had “his hands full running X, Tesla, and SpaceX.”
The latest flare-up comes after the first group of 59 WHITE South Africans arrived in the U.S. on Monday, following President Donald Trump’s February decision to grant them refugee status on the grounds of “racial discrimination.”
Asked to justify the move, TRUMP told reporters that “farmers are being killed,” referring to the situation as “genocide,” with the Grok episode reviving debates on the internet.
Musk, who was born and raised in South Africa, has previously claimed there is a “genocide of white people” in the country and has criticized what he called “racist ownership laws.”
The Tesla CEO’s image as Wario, taken from his 2021 SNL appearance, circulated once again as users joked that he had gone rogue with Grok.
One post read, “Found the ex-OpenAI rogue employee who pushed to prod,” while another asked, “Are you going to fire this rogue employee? Oh… it was the boss? Yikes.”
Santi Ruiz, senior editor at IFP, gave a subtler jab, writing that the incident likely involved someone with “access to edit Grok’s prompt, low self-control, and strong opinions about South Africa.”
Marketed as an “anti-woke” alternative to ChatGPT, Grok has drawn repeated criticism from MAGA-aligned users for offering fact-based answers that contradict right-wing narratives.
Edited by Sebastian Sinclair
