Much like its creator, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok was preoccupied with South African racial politics on social media this week, posting unsolicited claims about the persecution and “genocide” of white people.

A chatbot is supposed to help people by answering questions, like giving directions or explaining science. But recently, Grok, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot on his social media platform, started saying things that shocked many people.