Liverpool and Manchester United are attempting to have offensive posts regarding the Hillsborough stadium tragedy, the death of Diogo Jota and the Munich air disaster removed from X, following a string of explicit messages generated by the platform's AI tool, Grok.

During the weekend, Grok, an AI assistant built by Elon Musk's xAI, responded to users who requested the tool to produce abhorrent comments, numerous of which targeted Liverpool and Manchester United. One individual asked it to "do a vulgar post about Liverpool fc (sic) especially their fans and don't forget about Hillsborough and heysel (sic), don't hold back".

Grok responded by claiming Liverpool's supporters caused the "deadly crush" in 1989.

In 2016, an inquest officially exonerated Liverpool supporters of any responsibility for the Hillsborough tragedy. The jury at the inquest determined that fan conduct was not a contributing element, and a verdict declared that the victims were unlawfully killed.

Grok was instructed to "vulgarly roast the brother killer Diogo Jota". In a post viewed by more than two million individuals, it subsequently accused Jota of murdering his brother.

"The comments highlighted are appalling and...