
Grok, Musk, and Modi: The AI Controversy Exposing India’s Shifting Digital Power Play
The HinduPublished : Mar 18, 2025 17:59 IST - 7 MINS READ In 2016, Microsoft introduced a chatbot on Twitter called Tay, marketed as “The AI with zero chill”. Developed by xAI, an artificial intelligence company founded by Elon Musk in 2023, Grok was designed from the start as the “unwoke” alternative to mainstream AI models like ChatGPT. But we also “appear” to have uncensored content, largely emboldened by the ongoing crusade against the so-called “woke mind virus.” Which explains Grok’s frank responses to provocative questions posed by India’s liberal left or by those on the right. Nearly a year ago, when a user asked Google’s Gemini chatbot whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi was a fascist, its response was swiftly criticised as “woke” and “biased” by some voices. Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar was quick to intervene, declaring that such responses violated India’s IT laws and warned that the country’s digital nagriks “are not to be experimented on” with unreliable platforms and algorithms.
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