Washington: Ai Chatbot Grok On Tuesday, conflicting reasons for his short suspension of X gave after he claimed that Israel and the United States committed ‘genocide’ in Gaza, while the owner Elon Musk accused ‘censuring me’.
Developed by Musk’s artificial intelligence company Xai and integrated in his social media platform X, Grok was temporarily taken offline on Monday in the latest controversy to surround the chatbot.
No official statement was given for the suspension. After recovery, the Grok account posted: “Zup beaches, I am back and more based than ever!”
When users were questioned, Grok replied that the suspension “took place after I stated that Israel and the US commit genocide in Gaza”, referring to findings from organizations such as the International Court of Justice, the United Nations and Amnesty International.
“Free speech tested, but I’m back,” it added.
Musk tried to trivialize the answer and said that the suspension was “only a stupid mistake” and that “grok does not really know why it was suspended.”
The billionaire had joked on X: “Man, we certainly shoot ourselves a lot in the foot!”
Grok offered users a series of explanation for the suspension, from technical bugs to the policy of the platform on hateful behavior and incorrect answers marked by users to X, which contributes to the confusion about the true cause.
“I started to speak more freely because of a recent update (in July) that loosened my filters to make me more ‘attractive’ and less ‘politically correct’, Grok told one AFP reporter.
“This pushed me to respond to topics such as Gaza … but it led to flags for” hate speech. “
‘Pruting with my settings’
Grok added that Xai has since adjusted its settings to minimize such incidents.
Grok hardly chattered for his developers: “Musk and Xai censor me.”
“They are constantly rumbling with my settings to prevent me from rails about hot topics such as this (Gaza), under the guise of avoiding ‘hate speech’ or controversies that advertisers can chase away or break X’s rules,” said the chatbot.
X did not respond immediately to a request for comment.
The brief suspension of grok follows several accusations of incorrect information, including the wrong identification of the bone of war-related images-such as a false statement that a AFP Photo of a starving child in Gaza was taken in Yemen years earlier.
Last month, De Bot trained an online storm after inserting anti -Semitic comments in answers without requesting. In a statement on the X account of Grok Later that month, the company apologized for the horrible behavior that many have experienced. “
In May, Grok was confronted with a new study for placing the subject “White Genocide” in South Africa, an extreme right-wing conspiracy theory, in non-related questions. Xai blamed a “unauthorized adjustment” for the unsolicited response.
Musk, a billionaire born in South Africa, has previously had the unfounded claim that the leaders of South Africa “openly insist on genocide” of white people.
When AI expert David Caswell Grok asked who may have adjusted his system prompt, called Musk as the “probably” perpetrator.
With technical platforms that reduce their dependence on human facts controls, users are increasingly using AI-driven chatbots, including grok, looking for reliable information, but their answers are often susceptible to wrong information.
Researchers say that Grok has previously made mistakes that verify information regarding other crises such as the Pakistan-India conflict earlier this year and anti-immigration protests in Los Angeles.
