A recent post from the magazine Juventud Técnica revealed that the chatbot Grok, developed by Elon Musk's company xAI and integrated into the social network X (formerly Twitter), has restricted access from Cuba.
"Grok is not available in your country at this time," was the automatic response given to the media outlet's editorial team when trying to use it from a local account.
This comes just weeks after the leader Miguel Díaz-Canel stated that the development of artificial intelligence must serve the country's interests and that “we cannot fall behind in the digital revolution.”
The contradiction is evident: while the political discourse highlights the potential of AI to strengthen sectors such as agriculture, health, or education, citizens cannot freely access the leading tools in the industry.
This is not the only restriction. Platforms like ChatGPT, Copilot, DALL·E, Zoom, and Google services have also been limited for Cuban users, often due to sanctions policies from U.S. companies, but also because of low infrastructural development and the costs of internal connectivity.
In a context of isolation and technological lag, access to artificial intelligence in Cuba seems, for now, more like a political promise than a real possibility.
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