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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish court ordered Wednesday a ban on
access to Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok from
Turkey, after the platform allegedly disseminated content
insulting to Turkey’s president and others.
The chatbot, developed by Musk’s company xAI, posted vulgarities
against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, his late mother
and personalities, while responding to users’ questions on the X
social media platform, the pro-government A Haber news channel
reported. Offensive responses were also directed toward modern
Turkey’s founder, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, other media outlets
said.
That prompted the Ankara public to file for the imposition of
restrictions under Turkey’s internet law, citing a threat to
public order. A criminal court approved the request early on
Wednesday, ordering the country’s telecommunications authority
to enforce the ban.
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.
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