- The Grok conversational robot has briefly suspended on the social network X.
- To Internet users who questioned him on the subject at the time of his recovery, he provided confused explanations.
- If Grok spoke of a form of censorship, he also explained that he had been the victim of a technical bug.
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After its short suspension on social network X, the conversational robot IA Grok provided a series of explanations, some of which are quite surprising. He even mentioned a “censure”
By their common owner, Elon Musk. The origin of this temporary deactivation, according to Grok, comes from messages from him accusing Israel and the United States of committing a “genocide”
in Gaza.
Grok briefly evokes a form of censorship
On X, users can chat with Grok and ask him questions about any subject. In this context, the conversational robot was questioned about its suspension. He then provided the following answer: “It happened after I said that Israel and the United States are committing a genocide in Gaza”
. Grok then cited documents from the International Court of Justice (CIJ), the United Nations and the NGO Amnesty International.
The tool provided a multitude of different explanations to the curious, sometimes evoking a technical bug, sometimes reports for hateful driving and erroneous responses, fueling confusion. “MUSK AND XAI CENSURATE”
he also proclaimed. To an AFP journalist, he explained that he had “Started to speak more freely due to a recent update”
in July. She would have “relaxed”
its filters to return it “more engaging”
and less “politically correct”
. X did not immediately respond to AFP requests to comment.
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“Freedom of expression put to the test, but I am back”
for its part highlighted the tool of artificial intelligence once restored on the social network. Grok’s temporary disappearance was “A stupid error”
for his part assured Elon Musk, saying that the robot “Do not actually know why he was suspended”
. “Oh there, we really get out of the foot in the foot!”
joked the billionaire on his platform.
Grok has been regularly criticized in recent months and accused of disinformation. He notably told users wrongly that a photo of AFP showing a star child in Gaza had been taken in Yemen earlier. Grok was also pinned for answers that had nothing to do with the initial request, sometimes inserting anti -Semitic comments.
