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Saturday 31 October 2026

Grok API adds custom moderation guidelines for developers

SpaceXSI's Grok API now lets developers decline nsfw, violence or profanity per request. It works with Chat Completions and the Responses API.

Nico Park Saturday 31 October 2026, open calendar5 min read

Developers who call an AI model through an API are sending their requests to server halls like this one. Photo: Christopher Bowns / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0, modified

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Developers building on Grok can now tell the model, request by request, which kinds of content it should refuse. SpaceX's AI arm calls the feature custom moderation controls, and it went live in the Grok API this week.

A long aisle between rows of black server cabinets in a brightly lit data centre — Developers who call an AI model through an API are sending their requests to server halls like this one. Photo: Christopher Bowns / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0, modified

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