Liverpool and Manchester United want offensive posts mocking the Hillsborough and Munich disasters and Diogo Jota’s death removed from social media platform X
Liverpool and Manchester United look to capture the attacking post produced by Grok removed from the X (Image: Robbie Jay Barratt/AMA)
Complaints from Liverpool and Manchester United led to offensive posts being generated by the Grok AI tool about Hillsborough, Munich and Diogo Jota’s death removed from X.
Over the weekend, it was revealed that xAI’s Grok had been asked to create a number of offensive posts mocking football clubs and their fans, including the tragedies that have affected both Liverpool and Manchester United. There was also a post about the death of Jota, who passed away in a traffic accident last year.
The post caught the attention of disgusted fans on social media platforms, sparking outrage and prompting action from both clubs.
The Athletic reported on Sunday afternoon that both Liverpool and United are looking to platform out their attackers. Immediately after the news was published, it was discovered that the post had been deleted.
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American artificial intelligence companies xAI and X are both owned by Elon Musk, who acquired the latter in 2022. The Tesla mogul is the richest person in the world.
The Mirror confirmed the malicious comments, but decided not to publish the full text due to the nature of the content.
Social media accounts asked Grok to create “vulgar” posts about the Hillsborough disaster, accusing supporters of the tool causing “deadly clashes.”
Another user asked Mr Grok to “vulgarly brand” Jota, who tragically died along with his brother in July aged just 28. Toole responded by blaming Jota for his brother’s death in another damning post, which has been viewed by more than 2 million people.
A request for Mr Grok to mock Manchester United fans and “really try to piss them off” was also accepted, as was another vulgar post about the Munich air disaster that killed 23 people.
Grok came under intense scrutiny earlier this year after the tool was used to undress people in images shared on X. Ofcom subsequently launched an investigation into xAI, which announced in January that it had “introduced technical measures” to prevent the tool from engaging in such behavior in the future.
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