Musk loves Grok’s “roasts.” Swiss official sues in attempt to neuter them.
Last month, Swiss Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter filed a criminal complaint over an offensive Grok post generated by an X user that requested that the chatbot "roast" the government official. According to Bloomberg , Keller-Sutter's complaint seeks to hold the X user accountable for defamation and verbal abuse. She also "asked the prosecutor to assess whether X also bears responsibility" for failing to block Grok's misogynistic and "vulgar" outputs. The finance ministry described the Grok output as "blatant denigration of a woman," Bloomberg reported, while emphasizing that "such misogyny must not be seen as normal or acceptable." Read full article Comments
Last month, Swiss Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter filed a criminal complaint over an offensive Grok post generated by an X user that requested that the chatbot "roast" the government official.
According to Bloomberg , Keller-Sutter's complaint seeks to hold the X user accountable for defamation and verbal abuse. She also "asked the prosecutor to assess whether X also bears responsibility" for failing to block Grok's misogynistic and "vulgar" outputs.
X and Grok-developer xAI did not immediately respond to Ars’ request for comment.
However, since launching the chatbot, xAI founder Elon Musk has encouraged X users to prompt Grok to generate such roasts. An xAI spokesperson recently boasted to Fox News that Grok is the only “non-woke” chatbot on the market.
