In early July 2025, Elon Musk sparked yet another controversy in the already sensitive world of artificial intelligence. Grok, the chatbot developed by his company xAI, has just been reprogrammed to adopt a more direct, sometimes sarcastic, and often provocative tone. Its stated goal: to offer a broader “algorithmic freedom of expression” than that of other conversational models, which are deemed too moderate, too cautious, or excessively neutral.

