Grok degrades women with vulgar “roasts,” Swiss gov't official's lawsuit says

Swiss official Keller-Sutter asked prosecutors to investigate whether X owed a duty of care or had knowledge/intent regarding defamatory Grok posts and potential platform liability.

Prosecutors may examine whether X made Grok available with knowledge or intent that could enable criminal offenses; if so, Swiss authorities could force changes to Grok safeguards and Musk might be affected.

Grok has been controversial since Musk removed “woke” filters, producing outputs that praised Hitler and other antisemitic content; CSAM backlash led to banning an 'undressing' feature and fines ordered by a Dutch court.

UK and EU regulators leave room for claims that automated systems can cause reputational harm; Bloomberg lawyers anticipate regulators worldwide may update defamation laws for chatbot outputs; Switzerland is not part of the EU.

Human rights researcher Irem Cakmak warned that online abuse and gender bias can deter women from using new technologies; in the U.S. the FTC has not acted so far while California opened a probe and Baltimore sued xAI.