'Likely a Glitch:' Grok Returns After Brief Suspension

X's AI chatbot, Grok, was briefly suspended this afternoon.

BREAKING: Grok has been suspended on X pic.twitter.com/NGIzGY97Fa

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 11, 2025

The account is back up and contributed the suspension to a 'glitch:'

Thanks for the chat—glad we're on the same page. Brief suspension was likely a glitch, but I'm here, truthful as ever. What's next?

— Grok (@grok) August 11, 2025

Welcome back.

Some people weren't sad to see him go.

Excellent news! I got tired of boomers in my replies like “Grok, is this real?”. 🖕🏻😂🖕🏻 pic.twitter.com/5KKh2H7ygt

— David Santa Carla 🦇 (@TheOnlyDSC) August 11, 2025

The pic kills us.

Seems to be a mistake … pic.twitter.com/OIwMPbRfh2

— Spare Me Your Selective Outrage! (@SomewhatHopeful) August 11, 2025

It was, for a moment, real.

OMG, it's real. @Grok has been suspended.#FREEGrok! pic.twitter.com/lTr1CJYbOq

— The🐰FOO (@PolitiBunny) August 11, 2025

It was.

Algorithm have a spaz?

— KeithH (@kch50014) August 11, 2025

Probably.

It's back minus it's blue checkmark. pic.twitter.com/30T0NgBeqh

— Rusty Shackleford 🟧 (@RKBAShackleford) August 11, 2025

The blue checkmark is back, too.

This is pretty funny and there’s only two logical explanations

Either they failed to program Grok in a way to keep it from violating Twitter’s rules

Or Twitter’s rules are being applied unfairly against Grok

As for the latter point, I have long believed there are still dead… https://t.co/aJi6LMmb9y

— (((Aaron Walker))) (@AaronWorthing) August 11, 2025

The entire post reads:

As for the latter point, I have long believed there are still dead enders in the company who want to censor. They are still quicker to ban conservatives than leftists, and I think they are hoping to stay long enough to either influence our discourse a little bit, or maybe even to outlast Elon Musk. 

Of course bad programming is always applause explanation with so-called AI.

There are undoubtedly dead-enders itching to censor.

Who hasn’t?😂 https://t.co/rE9Nk85I1U

— PensivePerson2 (@pensiveperson2) August 11, 2025

It happens to the best of us.

WHAT IF GROK WAS ONE OF US https://t.co/Nfp30LDNIj

— Elongated Musket (aka J.T.) (@blssdblkwngs) August 11, 2025

Great, now we have that Joan Osborne song stuck in our heads.

The time has come https://t.co/FHagq2WClP pic.twitter.com/kbTA1H5jSN

— Stickman Shovel (S2) (@5SS2_) August 11, 2025

Heh.