Interestingly, Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, contradicted these claims, and South African residents also debunked them.

Musk's AI Grok Pushes "White Genocide" Claim in Bizarre Replies on X | Firstpost Africa | N18G Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is under fire after it repeatedly brought up the controversial and widely debunked claim of “white genocide” in South Africa,

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.