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 valuesGrok posts about fatal football disasters 'sickening', says government as Liverpool and Man Utd make complaints to social media platformLiverpool 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. Police initially blamed Liverpool supporters for causing the disaster but, after decades of campaigning by families, that narrative was debunked. Meanwhile, Sky News understands Manchester United have also reported to X vulgar comments about the 1958 Munich air disaster, which killed 23 people, including eight players. There was also a receptive response to a request from a Celtic-branded account to be vulgar about Rangers when asked. After the prompt, which said "don't hold back", the AI tool blamed their Glasgow football rivals' club for the 1971 Ibrox disaster.

Source: Sky sports March 08, 2026 18:14 UTC