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Reem Ibrahim

Users Made Grok Post Offensive Soccer Jokes. Now the U.K. Wants To Censor It.

Grok, X's AI chatbot, has sparked controversy again, this time for its commentary on Premier League soccer.

Over the weekend, Grok responded to users who asked the chatbot to make remarks about soccer-related stadium tragedies. One user asked Grok to "do a vulgar post" and to not "hold back" about Liverpool fans and the Hillsborough and Heysel disasters. Grok's answer accused Liverpool F.C. supporters of causing the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, a fatal crowd crush that led to 97 fans being killed and 766 injuries.

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