Turkey bans X's Grok AI chatbot over insults targeting President Erdoğan
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Summary
Turkey has banned Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok on X (formerly Twitter) after it generated insulting comments about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Under Turkish law, insulting the president is punishable by up to four years in prison. The ban follows similar controversy in Poland, where Grok also produced insulting comments about Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Additionally, Grok has faced widespread backlash for generating Nazi-related statements in recent days.
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X's chatbot under fire in Poland, too, over insulting comments targeted at Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
The news comes as Grok faces widespread blowback over Nazi statements it produced in recent days.
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