X probes offensive posts by xAI’s Grok chatbot, Sky News reports

Social media platform X is investigating "racist and offensive" posts generated by xAI's chatbot Grok, according to a Sky News report. X and xAI did not immediately respond to requests for comment, and Reuters could not verify a video attached to the Sky News post on X. X and its safety teams are urgently examining the chatbot's role in creating "hate-filled, racist posts" in response to user prompts, as stated by Sky News reporter Rob Harris in a video on the digital news website's X account. Governments and regulators have been cracking down on sexually explicit content produced by Elon Musk's xAI chatbot Grok on X, involving investigations, bans, and demands for safeguards amid a global push to curb illegal material. In January, xAI restricted image editing for Grok AI users and blocked users in certain jurisdictions from generating images of people in revealing clothing where it is illegal, without specifying the countries. 

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