“The claim of white genocide in South Africa is highly contentious and lacks credible evidence,” the Grok-powered X account replied to New York Times tech reporter Mike Isaac, who was initially inquiring about a cat video.

Elon Musk's xAI responded to widespread reports that its Grok chatbot made claims about a genocide against white citizens in South Africa, saying there had been an unauthorized change to the artificial intelligence bot.

Asked to translate a post by Pope Leo that was written in Latin, Grok replied: “The phrase ‘Kill the Boer’ in the song ‘Dubul’ ibhunu’ translates from Zulu to ‘Shoot