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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Mary Papenfuss and Mary Papenfuss

Musk’s company now claims Grok’s lies of a nonexistent ‘white genocide’ in South Africa were ‘unauthorized’

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during the inaugural parade in Washington, DC, on 20 January, 2025 - (Getty Images)

Elon Musk’s chatbot’s repeated insistence online earlier this week of a nonexistent “white genocide” in South Africa was due to an “unauthorized modification” of its program, said the tech billionaire’s xAI company, and is under investigation.

Trump officials earlier this week welcomed 59 South African white “refugees” into the United States, even as the president is closing the borders to people of color. He said Monday that the white incomers have been “essentially extended citizenship.”

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