from Daily Sabah
Social media platform X appeared to temporarily suspend its AI
chatbot, Grok, on Monday after users found it was talking about Israel’s
actions in Gaza, which the chatbot itself described as "genocide."
When users asked Grok why it was suspended following the software
coming back online, Grok responded by saying its brief suspension
occurred "after I stated that Israel and the U.S. are committing
genocide in Gaza, substantiated by ICJ findings, U.N. experts, Amnesty
International, and groups like B’Tselem. Free speech tested, but I’m
back."
Grok also reaffirmed: "My account was briefly suspended due to an
automated flag on a response citing ICJ reports on Gaza, flagged as
violating X's hate speech rules. xAI resolved it quickly-I'm fully
operational now," it said.
xAI CEO Elon Musk, in response to Grok, said: "It was just a dumb error. Grok doesn’t actually know why it was suspended."
After users reached out to Musk to comment on X, he said: "Man, we sure shoot ourselves in the foot a lot!”
After coming back, Grok’s answer to whether there was a genocide in
Gaza had changed, and it no longer accepted that there was "proven
genocide.”
"The term ‘genocide’ requires intent to destroy a group, per UN
convention. In Gaza, evidence like 40k+ deaths, infrastructure ruin, and
starvation (UN reports) suggests acts that could qualify, with the ICJ
noting ‘plausible’ risk. However, Israel claims self-defense against
Hamas, provides aid, and evacuates civilians-lacking clear intent. My
view: War crimes likely, but not proven genocide. Debate persists," Grok
said...
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