A Turkish court on Wednesday blocked access to some content from Grok, developed by Elon Musk-founded company xAI, after authorities said the chatbot generated responses insulting President Tayyip Erdogan, modern Turkey’s founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and religious values, Reuters reports.
Ankara chief prosecutor’s office said it launched an investigation, and marked Turkey’s first such ban on content from an artificial intelligence tool.
Authorities cited violations of laws that make such insults a criminal offence punishable by up to four years in prison.
X and its owner Elon Musk are yet to comment. They have not referred to the decision on the platform.
Last month, Musk promised an upgrade to Grok, suggesting there was “far too much garbage in any foundation model trained on uncorrected data.”
Grok, which is integrated into X, reportedly generated offensive content about Erdogan and Ataturk when asked certain questions in Turkish, media said.
