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Warning: Beware of information from Grok and other chatbots
Cape Times
|May 20, 2025
LAST week Grok, the Elon Musk xAI powered chatbot, lost its mind.
Someone posted a video on X of a procession of crosses, with a caption reading, “Each cross represents a white farmer who was murdered in South Africa.” Elon Musk, South African by birth, shared the post, greatly expanding its visibility. In response Grok started by debunking such a false claim about white genocide and thereafter (it’s mind was changed) it claimed that there was a genocide in South Africa.
The chatbot even brought up the subject even when it was not asked about the matter. What is even more interesting is that this happened a week before the South African President was due to visit the United States of America to meet President Donald Trump who is also very close to Elon Musk.
Thinking people know the truth about this matter. What does this tell us about the current state of technology, especially chatbots?
यह कहानी Cape Times के May 20, 2025 संस्करण से ली गई है।
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