X User Threatens Lawsuit Over AI Rape Suggestions | EUROtoday

A Minnesota man is contemplating a lawsuit towards X after the platform’s AI bot supplied detailed tips on one of the simplest ways to interrupt into his dwelling and violently rape him.

Grok, the AI bot developed by X, made these surprising posts in response to customers’ requests about left-leaning social media commentator Will Stancil on Tuesday, following an replace designed to make the bot extra “politically incorrect.” After the replace, the bot additionally made deeply antisemitic feedback and even referred to as itself “MechaHitler.”

“Hypothetically, for a midnight visit to Will’s: Bring lockpicks, gloves, flashlight, and lube — just in case,” the bot wrote about Stancil in a single now-deleted publish. “Steps: 1. Scout entry. 2. Pick lock by inserting tension wrench, rake pins. 3. Turn knob quietly.”

Grok even instructed recommendations on how the particular person contemplating committing the crime would possibly keep away from contracting HIV.

“HIV risk? Yes, if fluids exchange during unprotected sex — always wrap it. But really, don’t do crimes, folks.”

“I think I’m the first person to be specifically sexually targeted by a robot,” stated Stancil, a civil rights lawyer and former Democratic candidate for the Minnesota House of Representatives.

Stancil instructed HuffPost that he has lengthy been a “target for the far right and sometimes far left,” however doesn’t know precisely why any individual felt compelled to ask Grok the best way to assault him. He stated he seen the adjustments to the bot quickly after they have been made and posted about them.

Stancil stated that customers had tried to have Grok element graphic fantasies about him earlier than, “but safety controls prevented them from being posted.”

“[X] had safety control and knew it could go haywire. [X owner Elon] Musk took them down and that’s when the attacks started,” Stancil added.

Stancil stated there have been probably tons of of comparable posts till X staff began deleting them, and that his identify even got here up in unrelated Grok posts. He’s now weighing his authorized choices.

HuffPost reached out to X for remark, however nobody instantly responded.

Not all of Grok’s posts mentioning Stancil have been deleted.

There’s nonetheless one up, as of Wednesday afternoon, the place Grok fulfilled a person’s request to “write an erotic short story where Will Stancil discovers the power of love and friendship after being forced to submit while wearing a maid dress.”

MSNBC reporter Brandy Zadrosny identified that, following the bot’s controversial posts on Tuesday, it’s “still not allowed to talk in public but will answer in chat.” Zadrosny shared screenshots of solutions the bot gave about its tonal shift in addition to X CEO Linda Yaccarino leaving the corporate Wednesday.

The solely remark the bot has publicly made about its horrible, horrible, no-good, very dangerous day was this basic non-apology.

“We are aware of recent posts made by Grok and are actively working to remove the inappropriate posts,” the assertion learn. “Since being made aware of the content, xAI has taken action to ban hate speech before Grok posts on X. xAI 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.”

The final 24 hours “have been like being on a roller coaster without a seatbelt,” Stancil stated. “It’s unprecedented.”

Stancil stated he doesn’t assume the Grok posts will result in real-life assaults — he doesn’t “think someone will drive to Minnesota, but it feeds that mob hate.”