Author: Soumashree Sarkar

Soumashree Sarkar is a journalist and news editor for India news website The Wire.

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Musk’s Grok AI Tool Slams Indian Leaders — Will Modi React?

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Washington D.C. on Feb. 13, 2025.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Washington D.C. on Feb. 13, 2025. ABACA/ZUMA

Elon Musk’s AI tool, Grok, has started challenging India’s political elite, calling out Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, and more. But will the government react to the irreverential bot?

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From Truth Tellers To Targets: The Rising Threat To Journalists In India

A Kashmiri photojournalist walks past Indian policemen standing on guard outside the closed Kashmir's Grand Mosque or Jamia Masjid.
A Kashmiri photojournalist walks past Indian policemen standing on guard outside the closed Kashmir's Grand Mosque or Jamia Masjid. Faisal Bashir/SOPA/ZUMA

In India, journalists are either ousted from the country, jailed, penalized or criticized for a stance when reporting on government inattention to some issues. In the process the focus sometimes, is on the teller, not the story.

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