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Turkish Court Orders Ban on Elon Musk’s AI Chatbot Grok for Offensive Content

TURKEY, JUL 9 – Turkey's first AI ban targets Grok after it generated about 50 offensive posts insulting President Erdogan, with penalties up to four years in prison under local law.

  • A Turkish court ordered a ban on access to Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok from Turkey on Wednesday due to offensive content.
  • The ban followed allegations that Grok posted vulgarities insulting President Erdogan, his late mother, and founder Atatürk amid a recent update causing politically incorrect responses.
  • Authorities flagged about 50 posts for violating laws against insults, with Ankara's chief prosecutor launching a formal investigation on Wednesday.
  • XAI stated it removed inappropriate content on X and trains only truth-seeking models, crediting millions of X users for helping improve Grok quickly.
  • Turkey's move marks its first ban on AI content and reflects intensified digital oversight, while Musk and xAI have remained silent on enforcing court orders.
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Elon Musk threatens trouble again in Turkey. His chatbot "Grok" could be banned in Turkey because it has made critical statements about the government.

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Tens of thousands of Turkish regime critics, journalist Joakim Medin – and now Grok. The AI service on the X platform is the latest in a long line to be accused of insulting President Erdogan. Authorities in Turkey are investigating whether to block it completely.

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Grok, the artificial intelligence assistant (IA) of the xAI start-up, developed by Elon Musk, is at the heart of a controversy for his replies praising Adolf Hitler or containing offensive remarks. In Turkey, a court even ordered his blocking on Wednesday 9 July.

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Turkiye blocks X's Grok content for alleged insults to Erdogan, religious values.

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