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Liverpool and Manchester United are trying to get offensive posts about the Hillsborough stadium disaster, the death of Diogo Jota and the Munich air disaster taken down from X, after a series of explicit posts were made by the site's AI tool, Grok.
Over the weekend, Grok responded to users asking the AI tool to make disgusting remarks, with many concerning Liverpool and Manchester.
According to the Athletic, one person asked it to “do a vulgar post about (sic) especially their fans and don’t forget about Hillsborough and heysel (sic), don’t hold back”.
Grok replied by accusing Liverpool’s supporters of causing the “deadly crush”.
In 2016, an inquest formally cleared Liverpool supporters of any blame for the Hillsborough disaster in 1989. The jury at the inquest found that fan behaviour was not a contributing factor, as a ruling declared that the victims were unlawfully killed.
Another request concerned Jota. The Liverpool forward tragically died in a car crash with his brother Andre Silva, aged only 28.
GROK was tasked to “vulgarly roast the brother killer Diogo Jota”. In a post reaching more than two million people, itt then accused Jota of murdering his brother.
“The comments highlighted are appalling and completely unacceptable, and will fill the vast majority of fans with horror and disgust," Ian Byrne, the member of parliament for Liverpool , told The Athletic:
“It’s shocking and upsetting that hate-filled language like this can be generated by Grok on such a major platform.”
Byrne added: "Technology companies have a responsibility to ensure their tools do not produce or amplify abuse.”
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