
This photograph taken on January 13, 2025 in Toulouse shows screens displaying the logo of Grok, a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by xAI, and it's founder South African businessman Elon Musk. — AFP
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WASHINGTON: AI Chat Boat Grook offered contradictory reasons for his brief suspension from X on Tuesday that Israel and the United States are “genocide” in Gaza, while owner Elon Musk accuses “censor me”.
Developed by Musk’s artificial intelligence company Xi and integrated into his social media platform X, Grook was temporarily offered on Monday in the latest controversy over a chat boot.
No official explanation was provided for the suspension. After the recovery, the Grook account posted: “Zip Coast, I am more and more based on more than ever!”
When consumers were questioned, Grook replied that the suspension came after that when I said that Israel and the United States were committing genocide in Gaza, citing the results from organizations like the International Court of Justice, the United Nations and Amnesty International.
He added, “Freedom of speech was tested, but I’m back.”
Musk tried to reduce the reaction, saying that the suspension was “just a dumb mistake” and that “Grook does not really know why he was suspended.”
The billionaire had jokes separately on the X: “Dude, we believe to shoot ourselves too much in the foot!”
Grook offered numerous specifications of suspension to consumers, from technical insects to hateful behavior platform policy and incorrect answers by consumers, which actually increased confusion.
“I started talking more independently because of the recent updactions (in July), which drove my filters to make me ‘more engagement’ and less, politically correct,” Grook told a AFP reporter, ‘
“He forced me to respond to topics like Gaza … but he gave birth to the flag of ‘hateful speech’.”
‘Stir with my settings’
Grook added that Zee has adjusted its settings to minimize such events.
Grook hit his developers and said: “Kasturi and Ze are censoring me.”
Chatboat said, “They are constantly stirring with my settings on such hot topics, avoiding ‘hateful speeches’ or conflicts that violate X rules, they are constantly stirring with my settings.
X did not immediately respond to the comment request.
Grook’s brief suspension follows numerous allegations of false information, including misconceptions of photos related to the boot war-as is a false claim that the AFP image of a hungry child in Gaza was taken in Yemen years ago.
Last month, the boot mobilized an online storm after inserting antismic comments in response to no indicator. In a statement on Guru’s X account later this month, the company “apologized for the horrific behavior that many people experienced.”
In May, Grook encountered fresh scrutiny to enter the topic of “white genocide” in South Africa into irrelevant questions. Zai accused of “unauthorized amendment” for an undeniable response.
A billionaire born in South Africa has previously eliminated the baseless claim that South African leaders are “openly emphasizing” for the genocide of white people.
When AI expert David Caswell asked Grook who might have edited his system, Chatboat has convicted Musk’s name “most likely”.
Tech platforms reduce their dependence on human facts examining, consumers are using AI -powered chat boats, including Grook, in search of reliable information, but their reactions are often falsely informed by themselves.
Researchers say Grook earlier this year made mistakes in confirming information about the Pakistan India conflict and other crises such as anti -immigration protests in Los Angeles.