Elon Musk’s xAI has blamed its Grok chatbot’s recent habit of randomly posting about “white genocide” in South Africa on a rogue employee who made an “unauthorized modification” to its system prompt.

You’ll notice that xAI, which is owned by Elon Musk, strongly suggests there was an internal actor who made this “unauthorized modification” but doesn’t use the language you’d expect if it was an employee at the company. And we’re guessing that might have something to do with the fact that it wasn’t an employee necessarily, but the owner.

Elon Musk’s xAI faces backlash after its Grok chatbot referenced “white genocide,” prompting an internal probe and new security safeguards.