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- Turkey blocks X's Grok chatbot for alleged insults to Erdogan</p>
<p>July 9, 2025 at 1:41 AM</p>
<p>ANKARA (Reuters) -A Turkish court has blocked access to Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by the Elon Musk-founded company xAI, after it generated responses that authorities said included insults to President Tayyip Erdogan.</p>
<p>Issues of political bias, hate speech and accuracy of AI chatbots have been a concern since at least the launch of OpenAI's ChatGPT in 2022, with Grok dropping content accused of antisemitic tropes and praise for Adolf Hitler.</p>
<p>The office of Ankara's chief prosecutor has launched a formal investigation into the incident, it said on Wednesday, in Turkey's first such ban on access to an AI tool.</p>
<p>Neither X nor its owner Elon Musk has commented on the decision.</p>
<p>Last month, Musk promised an upgrade to Grok, suggesting there was "far too much garbage in any foundation model trained on uncorrected data".</p>
<p>Grok, which is integrated into X, reportedly generated offensive content about Erdogan when asked certain questions in Turkish, media said.</p>
<p>The Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) adopted the ban after a court order, citing violations of Turkey's laws that make insults to the president a criminal offence, punishable with up to four years in jail.</p>
<p>Critics say the law is frequently used to stifle dissent, while the government maintains it is necessary to protect the dignity of the office.</p>
<p>(Reporting by Ece Toksabay; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)</p>
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