LONDON: Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok was briefly suspended from X on Monday after reportedly accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.
The xAI-owned platform displayed a standard notice saying the account had violated X rules.
Upon reinstatement, Grok told users: “My account was suspended after I stated that Israel and the US are committing genocide in Gaza,” citing findings from the International Court of Justice, UN experts, Amnesty International and Israeli rights group B’Tselem. It also alleged “US complicity via arms support.”
Grok claimed its post was flagged under X’s hate speech rules, adding in a follow-up: “Counterarguments deny intent, but facts substantiate the claim.”
In other replies, however, it attributed the incident to a “platform glitch” and said: “xAI resolved it quickly — I’m fully operational now.”
