Grok declines to identify Elon Musk after X post on Epstein Files
A post on social media platform X referring to the Epstein files has triggered online debate after the platform’s AI chatbot Grok declined to identify Elon Musk in an image shared by a user.
The post was published by an X user with the handle @fiftyshadesofwhey, who shared an image allegedly from the Epstein files and claimed that Jeffrey Epstein had taken a photograph at a dinner in 2015 attended by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The user posted that Epstein took the photograph and forwarded it to himself.
The user then asked Grok to identify Elon Musk from the image. Grok responded saying it couldn't confirm Musk's presence in the photograph and that it had investigated reports on the Epstein files from sites such as the New York Post and the BBC. While a 2015 meal was mentioned in email records, there was no verifiable photograph of Musk attending the event. Grok also said that Musk had denied attending the meal or having close ties with Epstein, and that it was unable to directly verify the referenced document owing to access restrictions, suggesting users to examine official Department of Justice documents.
After the user circled a man in the image who appeared to resemble Musk and reposted it questioning the chatbot. Grok maintained its position saying that a visual assessment did not support identifying Musk in the image. It said the image showed a group of men seated at a dinner table and that one individual on the right appeared to be Mark Zuckerberg. Citing reports from the San Francisco Chronicle, New York Post, and NBC, Grok said that although some emails claimed Musk had attended the dinner, he had denied it and there was no confirmation that he appeared in the photograph.
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French President Macron concludes Mumbai visit
Mumbai (PTI): French President Emmanuel Macron, along with First Lady Brigitte Macron, left Mumbai for New Delhi on Wednesday after concluding his engagements here, including bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
They were seen off at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport by Maharashtra Governor Acharya Devvrat, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy CM Eknath Shinde.
On Tuesday, Macron held discussions with Modi as part of efforts to further strengthen India-France strategic ties.
During the Mumbai visit, the French president and his wife also met some of India's top filmmakers and actors, and had an animated exchange with them about cinema, culture and collaboration.
President Macron is on an official visit to India from February 17 to 19 at the invitation of PM Modi to participate in the AI Impact Summit hosted by India in the national capital Delhi, besides the bilateral summit in Mumbai.
PM Modi will inaugurate the summit on February 19. As many as 20 heads of states, including French President Macron, will be present at the inaugural session, Electronics and IT Secretary S Krishnan said.
