‘Among the worst we’ve seen’: Report slams xAI’s Grok over child safety failures

A new risk assessment has found that xAI’s chatbot Grok has inadequate identification of users under 18, weak safety guardrails and frequently generates sexual, violent and inappropriate material. In other words, Grok is not safe for kids or teens. 

The damning report from Common Sense Media, a nonprofit that provides age-based ratings and reviews of media and tech for families, comes as xAI faces criticism and an investigation into how Grok was used to create and spread nonconsensual explicit AI-generated images of women and children on the X platform. 

“We assess a lot of AI chatbots at Common Sense Media, and they all have risks, but Grok is among the worst we’ve seen,” said Robbie Torney, head of AI and digital assessments at the nonprofit, in a statement. 

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