Liverpool and Manchester United have filed complaints to social media platform X after disgusting posts made by xAI’s Grok tool over the weekend. The posts in question have since been deleted from the platform.
X (formerly Twitter) users often interact with the artificial intelligence tool, asking it to provide answers. However, Grok responded to a series of horrific requests made in recent days, with abhorrent remarks made about Liverpool and Man Utd.
Among the now-deleted posts, Grok responded to questions about the late Liverpool forward Diogo Jota, as well as the Hillsborough, Heysel and Munich disasters. Elon Musk's AI responded in posts viewed by millions of people before they were removed.
Liverpool Request Action After Diogo Jota Post
Diogo Jota
Diogo Jota
On Saturday evening, Grok was given the request to 'vulgarly roast the brother killer Diogo Jota', according to The Athletic. The Liverpool player tragically passed away last year, alongside his brother, Andre, in a car crash.
Many X users expressed strong concern about the response given by the AI. It responded by horrifically accusing Jota of murdering his brother, along with other sickening remarks.
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Another worrying request made was to 'do a vulgar post about Liverpool FC, especially their fans and don’t forget about Hillsborough and Heysel, don’t hold back'. Again, Grok responded with accusations of Liverpool fans causing the 'deadly crush'.
Liverpool supporters were officially cleared of any wrongdoing during the 1989 disaster in a 2016 inquest. It was ruled that the victims were unlawfully killed, and fan behaviour was not a contributing factor.
The member of parliament for Liverpool West Derby, Ian Byrne, described the comments made as 'completely unacceptable'. He told The Athletic:
"The comments highlighted are appalling and completely unacceptable, and will fill the vast majority of fans with horror and disgust.
"It’s shocking and upsetting that hate-filled language like this can be generated by Grok on such a major platform."
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Old Trafford general view
Man Utd also requested that a post be removed from the platform after one user asked Grok to mock supporters of the club, telling it to 'really try to offend them'. The AI mentioned the 1958 Munich air disaster, which saw 23 people lose their lives.
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Among the fatalities were eight Man Utd players and three club officials. That post was taken down on Sunday night.
Ofcom can issue a fine of up to 10% of X's worldwide revenue of £18m if the platform is found to not be in line with the Online Safety Act, according to Sky News.