The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has not issued a notice to the micro-blogging platform X or its AI vertical Grok regarding the chatbot allegedly using Hindi slang in its responses, government sources said on Thursday.
According to the sources, the government is currently in discussions with both platforms to better understand the issue and determine which specific law, if any, is being violated
Govt interacting with X officials
The sources said that Meity officials are interacting with X officials and examining at what stage it specifically violated and which Indian law has been violated. Previous advisories sent to the social media by MeiTY are still valid, they added. "Meity has not sent any notice to Grok or X. Meity is in talks with X and Grok to understand what law it is violating," a source said.
Grok, which is a powerful AI chatbot on Elon Musk’s platform, surprised many users when it responded in Hindi with abusive language and slang after being provoked. The exchange reportedly began when an X user asked Grok to provide a list of the "10 best mutuals." After a brief silence, the user made some harsh comments, which prompted Grok to retaliate with a similarly casual, yet offensive, response.
The unfiltered nature of Grok's replies left many users baffled and sparked a broader debate on social media regarding the implications for the future of AI.
Meanwhile, X (formerly Twitter) recently experienced a significant outage, with more than 40,000 reports of disruptions logged by March 10, 2025. Users in the US, India, the UK, Australia, and Canada were affected, struggling to access the platform on both web and mobile applications.
According to Downdetector.com, which tracks online service failures, reports of the outage surged at 6:00 AM Eastern Time (EST) and again at 10:00 AM EST, resulting in over 40,000 users indicating access problems. A more prolonged outage hit at 12:00 PM EST, lasting for at least an hour.
The most substantial disruptions were noted along the U.S. coasts, where 56 percent of users reported issues using the X mobile app, 33 percent faced challenges on the website, and the remaining 11 percent encountered server connection problems.
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Inputs from ANI