New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, has come under sharp scrutiny after referring to US President Donald Trump as "the most notorious criminal" in Washington, DC. The remark was made during exchanges on Musk's social media platform, X, where users had asked the bot about crime in the US capital. Grok pointed to Trump's 34 felony convictions in New York, related to falsifying business records, as the basis for the description.

The comments surfaced just as Trump claimed that crime in Washington, D.C., was "out of control" and outlined his plan to federalise the city's police and deploy National Guard units if re-elected.

The AI-generated statement has sparked intense political debate online. Trump supporters criticised th...