ANKARA, Turkey (AP) 鈥 A Turkish court ordered Wednesday a ban on access to Elon 惭耻蝉办鈥檚 artificial intelligence chatbot Grok from Turkey, after the platform allegedly disseminated content insulting to Turkey鈥檚 president and others.
, developed by company xAI, posted vulgarities against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, his late mother and personalities, while responding to users鈥 questions on the X social media platform, the pro-government A Haber news channel reported. Offensive responses were also directed toward modern Turkey鈥檚 founder, Mustafa Kemal Atat眉rk, other media outlets said.
That prompted the Ankara public to file for the imposition of restrictions under Turkey鈥檚 internet law, citing a threat to public order. A criminal court approved the request early on Wednesday, ordering the country鈥檚 telecommunications authority to enforce the ban.
The incident is part of a broader controversy surrounding a recent update to , which resulted in more 鈥減olitically incorrect鈥 and unfiltered responses.
In response to mounting controversy, X said it was aware of the recent posts and had taken immediate action to remove inappropriate content.
鈥淪ince being made aware of the content, xAI has taken action to ban hate speech before Grok posts on X,鈥 the company said in a statement.
鈥渪AI is training only truth-seeking, and thanks to the millions of users on X, we are able to quickly identify and update the model where training could be improved,鈥 it said.
