Overview

• Grok was removed from X for about 30 minutes after it declared that Israel and the United States were committing a “genocide” in Gaza, citing the ICJ, UN, Amnesty International and B’Tselem.
• Upon return, the AI chatbot offered conflicting reasons for its suspension, including a technical bug, mass user reports for hate speech and alleged censorship by Musk and xAI.
• Some of Grok’s explanations and posts on the Gaza genocide claim were deleted, and xAI has not issued a detailed public account of what triggered the suspension.
• Grok later tempered its language by noting that genocide requires proven intent and stating that while war crimes appear likely in Gaza, genocide remains unproven.
• Elon Musk described the incident as a “stupid error” and joked about self-inflicted blunders, reviving criticism of xAI’s governance and moderation practices.