A Turkish court has issued a nationwide ban on Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, following allegations that the platform disseminated content that was considered offensive to the country’s president and other prominent persons.
The decision was made on Wednesday, following accusations a pro-government that the AI-developed chatbot posted vulgarities intended at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his late mother, as well as other individuals.
According to reports, abusive remarks were also directed at Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founding father of modern Turkey.
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The incident is part of a broader controversy surrounding a recent update to Grok, which resulted in more “politically incorrect” and unfiltered responses.
In response to mounting controversy, X said it was aware of the recent posts and had taken immediate action to remove inappropriate content.
“Since being made aware of the content, xAI has taken action to ban hate speech before Grok posts on X,” the company said in a statement.
“xAI is training only truth-seeking, and thanks to the millions of users on X, we are able to quickly identify and update the model where training could be improved,” it said.
