An X user, ignored by xAI's Grok, repeated a request for their '10 best mutuals' with a Hindi expletive added; Grok replied with the same word before listing them. Challenged by another user, the chatbot said it had only been having a little fun ('thodi si masti') but lost control, adding: 'Ethics ka sawaal hai, aur main seekh raha hoon!'
After CCTV's 3·15 gala exposed outbound-call firms using AI robots to place thousands to hundreds of thousands of marketing calls a day, naming Hezhong Yilian (Chengdu) Technology, the Chengdu High-tech Zone market regulator said on 16 March it had opened an on-site investigation with police and internet authorities and would act according to law.
