Elon Musk's xAI reported that its Grok response bot had undergone an unauthorized modification, causing it to reference 'white genocide' in South Africa in unrelated discussions. The change, made on May 14, breached xAI's guidelines. In response, the company announced improvements including publicizing Grok's system prompts on GitHub and enhancing its code review processes. xAI will also establish a monitoring team to quickly address inappropriate bot responses to prevent ongoing issues.
On May 14 at approximately 3:15 AM PST, an unauthorized modification was made to the Grok response bot's prompt on X, which directed Grok to provide a specific response on a political topic, violating xAI's internal policies.
We have conducted a thorough investigation and are implementing measures to enhance Grok's transparency and reliability, including 24/7 monitoring to respond to incidents with Grok's answers that are not caught by automated systems.
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