SpaceX has listed Grok's 'spicy' mode as a risk in its initial public offering: 'These modes may be more irreverent and harsher than our standard offerings'

SpaceX has submitted filings for an initial public offering (IPO) with the SEC, a process that might make its majority owner, Elon Musk, the world's first trillionaire. An important part of such a filing is listing the risk factors that may potentially impact the business—and xAI's Grok gets a mention.

"Certain of our AI products, including Grok, offer features or modes designed to generate more candid, direct, or less reserved or irreverent outputs, such as 'Spicy' Imagine Mode and 'Unhinged' Voice Mode," says the filing.

"Because these modes may be more irreverent and harsher than our standard offerings, they present heightened risks, including reputational harm, the generation of potentially explicit content and misinformation or deceptive outputs, potential non-consensual or exploitative imagery, intellectual property infringement, or content that could be viewed as exploitative, harmful, harassi...