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xAI, Elon Musk's AI company, attributed a Grok chatbot glitch to an unauthorized modification. The chatbot repeatedly made unfounded claims about "white genocide" in South Africa in response to unrelated queries. xAI stated that the modification violated internal policies and is implementing new oversight measures, including a 24/7 monitoring team and open-sourcing its system prompts. This follows similar incidents where the bot linked unrelated questions to the controversial claim, which has been promoted by figures like Donald Trump.

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