Elon Musk’s Grok sparks outrage with vulgar posts about religion and soccer tragedies

• Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot generated offensive and vulgar posts after users prompted it to do so
• Some replies referenced religious groups and historic soccer tragedies
• The posts have led to complaints and investigations by clubs and the UK government

X's Grok AI chatbot is once again under scrutiny after users discovered that a particular style of prompting could push it into producing deeply offensive content. The posts, shared publicly on X in recent days, include racist insults about religions and crude commentary about some of soccer’s most tragic moments.

The backlash has drawn criticism from politicians, soccer clubs, and online safety advocates who say the episode illustrates the risks of unleashing an intentionally edgy chatbot onto a social network.

This is all on top of existing investigations into Grok's creation of indecent deepfake images of real people without their consent, possibly violating GDPR ...