Social media platform X is urgently investigating reports that its xAI chatbot, Grok, has generated racist and offensive posts in response to user prompts.
Governments and regulators are also increasing scrutiny and actions against sexually explicit content generated by Grok, demanding safeguards.
In response to these concerns, xAI had previously implemented restrictions in January, blocking the generation of certain images of people based on a user's location.
The main topics covered are the investigation into Grok's generation of hateful content, the regulatory crackdown on its explicit content, and the existing safeguards implemented by xAI.
Social media platform X is investigating "racist and offensive" posts by xAI chatbot Grok, Sky News reported on Sunday.
X and xAI âdid not â immediately â respond to a request for comment. Reuters could ânot immediately verify the video attached to the Sky âNews post on X.
X and its safety teams are urgently investigating âthe chatbot's role in generating "hate-filled, â racist posts" âonline in response to user âprompts, âSky News reporter Rob Harris â said in a video posted to the âdigital news website's X account. Governments âand 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 âsafeguards, in a growing global push to curb illegal material.
In January, xAI said it â 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.
X and xAI âdid not â immediately â respond to a request for comment. Reuters could ânot immediately verify the video attached to the Sky âNews post on X.
X and its safety teams are urgently investigating âthe chatbot's role in generating "hate-filled, â racist posts" âonline in response to user âprompts, âSky News reporter Rob Harris â said in a video posted to the âdigital news website's X account. Governments âand 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 âsafeguards, in a growing global push to curb illegal material.
In January, xAI said it â 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.
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