Following Grok's "white genocide in South Africa" responses on X, xAI says an "unauthorized modification" was made to the Grok response bot's prompt on May 14 (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

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Following Grok's "white genocide in South Africa" responses on X, xAI says an "unauthorized modification" was made to the Grok response bot's prompt on May 14 (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

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