X probes offensive posts by xAI’s Grok chatbot: Report

Social media platform X ‌is investigating “racist and offensive” posts ​by xAI chatbot Grok, Sky ⁠News reported on Sunday.

X and xAI did not immediately respond ‌to a request for comment. Reuters could not immediately ‌verify the video attached to ‌the ⁠Sky News post on ⁠X.

X and its safety teams are urgently investigating the chatbot’s role in ​generating “hate-filled, racist ‌posts” online in response to user prompts, Sky News reporter Rob Harris said in a video ‌posted to the digital ​news website’s X account. Governments and regulators have been ⁠cracking down on sexually explicit content generated by Elon Musk’s ‌xAI chatbot Grok on X, with investigations, bans and demands for safeguards, in a growing global push to curb illegal material.

In January, xAI said ‌it had restricted image editing ​for Grok AI users and blocked users, based on ⁠their location, from generating images of people ⁠in revealing clothing in “jurisdictions where it’s illegal.” ‌It did not identify the countries.