When an article New Yorker Opined that, “Focusing on the spectacle at the expense of understanding what Trump and his allies are actually doing has led to some of the most epily wrong things in the history of American politics,” Susan Glasser was obviously not even thinking about an imminent battle between the Donald Trump-backed but Elon Musk-owned AI handmaiden (a descriptor the US president might like) Grok and the government of India.
After all, this battle needs to be placed directly in the geopolitical and optical fields. For Trump’s most powerful right-handed Musk, business must be confused with politics to allow enough bones and hearts to satisfy both the appetites they showed in the first few months of domination.
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Remember that Musk’s Weibo platform X is suing the Indian government for freedom of speech, he seems to have entered the battle that seems to surrender to submitting to Indian players who may expect him to be a speed breaker on his way to global communications through markets like India.
The failure has been publicly visible over the past two weeks, which is more than the minister who had to quickly delete Musk’s tweets. The tough Indian player seems to acknowledge the fact that the tenacious supreme Musk represents his friends and supporters in the White House.
Excellent Shreya Singhal Shreya Singhal vs India League Fame may predict clips of the latest legal drama in China, but it is not working at the level of the time between Musk and our own people Mantri Mandal. However, even the current court may recognize that issues related to Article 79(3)(b) and even Article 69A of the IT Act and the elements of the inevitable Brouhaha around the Sahyog portal are all dispersed. Just like Glasser’s comment on American domestic politics, we are in danger of losing the Trojan horse.
Musk and his team’s speed at Indian law firms seem to show that he is ready for some high legal battles. Is this because he thinks India is a test bed to ensure that its version of AI can dominate the market that desires such a tool? Or is it because testing India with advanced India like AI may be just a pitfall before something serious happens on trade and tariffs?
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Visionally speaking, the legal battle will ensure that the Grok brand gets more national recognition than any other AI chatbot that helps create content, research and graphics (more than his rival Openai’s Chatgpt, a huge gain from its first advantage). “Fighting” optics may offer multiple opportunities to play key content generated by Grok. In a short time, Grok wanted to be associated with everything in AI, regardless of whether X won the first legal skirmish or not.
It is important to remember that this is indeed just a skirmish. Of course, the main issue involves review of content, and as an authoritarian of free speech, Musk is unlikely to retreat from that position easily. As far as India’s U.S. relations are concerned, it may be out of place to give his social media platform a bleeding nose at this moment.
The U.S. government is an entity that Musk clearly has nanny-level control. Economically, this is likely India’s struggle for digital market control, but it also involves foreign investment issues in this area, and we are still passionate about it.
However, the pushback platform is not popular with the Indian powers. They believe it is not just impetuous or deaf ear to policy makers’ needs. Even if the public sphere is rejected, the reaction can be harsh, often enough to kill the courage of those who try to question the regulatory framework that has the power to make critical decisions on behalf of the public. Officials are used to the roles of coaches and referees. But this is unlikely to happen in this particular case. After all, Musk is the myth player we are taught to fear. He obviously hates retreating, let alone retreating.
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Then there are other Trojan horse possibilities. Is Musk’s grouse on Grok just a thin move to ensure Tesla’s star-striped link quietly slides in next to the star-striped link between SpaceX without too much pressure? This may be Musk’s greater interest. The challenges he has faced in the United States have hurt him most importantly, and in the stock market, his fate has dropped sharply. While the Indian market is unlikely to be large enough, unrestricted market access and a serious tariff regime are an extended part of the game that the DC duo is currently interested in.
Whether it’s about Brand X or Brand Grok, Musk’s legal battles are the basis for the image of bold and brass AI tools he needs in his arsenal. Arrogance is high, but remember that it all lags billions behind. Our bureaucrats may be skilled in catering to opponents, but the solution to Musk will make the test time frame.
The author is the founder of Perfect Relationship.
