I don't buy the "I only provide the tool" cop out. Musk does control what Grok spews out and just chooses not to act in this case.
When Grok stated that Israel was committing genocide, it was temporarily suspended and fixed[0]. If you censor some things but not others, enabling the others becomes your choice. There is no eating the cookie and having it too - you either take a "common carrier" stance or censor, but also take responsibility for what you don't censor.
When Grok stated that Israel was committing genocide, it was temporarily suspended and fixed[0]. If you censor some things but not others, enabling the others becomes your choice. There is no eating the cookie and having it too - you either take a "common carrier" stance or censor, but also take responsibility for what you don't censor.
[0] https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250813-chatbot-grok-...