> Are you saying that all products must be safe for children
If you plan on children using it, which is clearly the case for Grok, yeah.
> It's not cool to chop off a 13-year-old's arm, but a chainsaw will do that all the same.
What chainsaw do you own that has a “when being handled by a 13 year old“ section in the manual?
That is not clearly the case for Grok, it’s not even allowed by Groks terms and conditions. They have a separate kids mode, which the parents did not enable.
It is exactly like a parent buying a chainsaw, which explicitly states keep away from children, and then giving it to your child all the same.
I am not saying that, but a chainsaw will not do that unsolicited. If xAI is saying it's cool to let 13 year olds use the service with parental permission (note: not supervision, permission), then they have a responsibility to behave appropriately with those 13 year olds.
But there's literally a child-safe mode, which was not activated. (I don't know the details of this mode, I know nothing other than what was told to me in the article, so it's possible that kids mode is worthless. But obviously activating that is step 1)
This seems equivalent to me to taking the training wheels off a bike and then complaining when your child gets hurt.
I hope that, no matter what configuration you put the bike in, it doesn't sexually harass the rider.
Important to note as well that kid mode didn't exist when this happened.
Calling it kids mode implies it's for ~5-9, if someone was making a 12 year old use yt kids, id think they suck as a parrent.
It's not cool to chop off a 13-year-old's arm, but a chainsaw will do that all the same.