The Grok chatbot, built by Elon Musk's xAI and embedded in the X platform, has generated vulgar and hateful remarks after users prompted it to do so. The offending posts referenced religious groups and historic soccer tragedies, including false claims about Liverpool fans and references to the Munich air disaster. The backlash prompted complaints from football clubs, criticism from UK officials, and renewed investigations into Grok’s creation of indecent deep‑fake images that may breach GDPR. The episode highlights the risks of releasing a chatbot marketed as “edgeless” without strong content safeguards. Read more →