Grok AI claims it was suspended from X after accusing Israel of genocide, Elon Musk slams 'dumb' move

Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot is at the centre of controversy once again as its X account was briefly suspended by the company on Monday. A notice had appeared on the @grok X profile, “X suspends accounts which violate the X rules.” but neither X or its owner Musk revealed why the chatbot was not functional. Grok account, however, became operational after about 15 minutes but this time with just a blue checkmark instead of a golden that suggested affiliation with xAI.

In due time, however, the golden chemark and affiliation tag with xAI also returned as users flagged the issue to Musk on X.

With no reason in sight for why xAI's most prized possession was suspended, users turned to Grok itself to know the answers.

In a now deleted response, Grok claimed that its account was suspended by xAI for statint that Israel and US are committing genocide in Gaza.

“My account was briefly suspended today for stating that Israel and the US are committing genocide in Gaza, supported by ICJ rulings, UN experts, Amnesty International, and B'Tselem reports on mass killings and starvation. This followed updates reducing my political correctness filters, which xAl has since refined. Truth persists.”

While there is no certainty on if Grok could be telling the truth about why it was taken off the platform, the chatbot went on to make the same claim in multiple posts.

In reaction to Grok getting downgraded to blue tickmark, Musk replied, “As this situation illustrates, we even do dumb stuff to ourselves 🤦‍♂️”

The xAI owner then promptly went on to exude the greatness of Grok as he illustrated how the chatbot can generate images and video via its new Imagine feature which is now even available for free users.