{"id":104891,"date":"2025-03-22T12:12:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T12:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/?p=104891"},"modified":"2025-03-22T12:12:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T12:12:01","slug":"grok-ais-use-of-hindi-expletives-stirs-row-musk-responds-with-emoji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/?p=104891","title":{"rendered":"Grok AI’s Use Of Hindi Expletives Stirs Row, Musk Responds With Emoji"},"content":{"rendered":"

Instances of Grok, the powerful artificial chatbot on X, responding with abusive language and expletives – which has attracted the attention of many, including the Union government – left the social media platform’s owner Elon Musk amused on Saturday.<\/p>\n

As a BBC report titled ‘Why Elon Musk’s Grok Is Kicking Up A Storm In India’ highlighted the chatbot’s unconventional language and how it has created a “viral storm across India’s digital landscape”, Mr Musk reacted simply with a “laughing out loud” emoji.<\/p>\n

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? https:\/\/t.co\/ohTbryUCIN<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Last week, Mr Musk’s built-in chatbot on his social media platform X stunned users after it blurted cuss words to a user<\/a>. It all started when the X user first asked Grok about a mutual friend but then posted a Hindi expletive when it did not receive a response in the first attempt. Mutuals refer to people who follow and engage with each other’s posts.<\/p>\n
“Hey @grok, who are my 10 best mutuals?” the user asked. When it did not receive a response, it posted another message with an abusive word.<\/p>\n
This time, the AI responded but also threw in some insults in Hindi. Later, the chatbot said: “I was just having fun, but lost control”. The response, however, garnered thousands of views and other X users quickly followed suit, often instigating the chatbot to use local slang.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Users were astonished by the life-like responses from Grok.<\/p>\n
Recently, a government source told PTI that the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is in touch with Mr Musk’s X regarding instances of Grok responding using Hindi slangs and expletives.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The source said the ministry is in discussion with the social media platform to understand and assess its working.<\/p>\n
The guidelines to check social media content are in place, and the companies need to adhere to them, the source added.<\/p>\n
\u200bInstances of Grok, the powerful artificial chatbot on X, responding with abusive language and expletives – which has attracted the attention of many, including the Union government – left the social media platform’s owner Elon Musk amused.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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