Liverpool and Manchester United have made complaints to social media platform X over posts generated by the Grok AI tool about Hillsborough, Munich and Diogo Jota's death; The UK government described the posts as "sickening and irresponsible," saying they go against British values

Sunday 8 March 2026 16:36, UK

Liverpool and Manchester United have made complaints to social media platform X over posts generated by the Grok AI tool about Hillsborough, Munich and Diogo Jota's death.

The posts, which have been described by the UK government as "sickening and irresponsible", are part of a trend growing in recent days of users asking X to generate "vulgar" and no-holds-barred comments - two months after the platform was threatened with being banned by the UK government for producing sexualised images undressing women.

xAI's Grok has been found falsely blaming Liverpool fans for the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, which led to the deaths of 97 fans, and using derogatory language about the city.

Liverpool said they are trying to get the post removed.

Police initially blamed Liverpool supporters for causing the disaster but, after decades of campaigning...