diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b89d66f2..4e2995ea 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@
                                     <version>3.8.5</version>
                                 </requireMavenVersion>
                                 <requireJavaVersion>
-                                    <version>[11.0.11,18.0)</version>
+                                    <version>[17.0.0,22.0)</version>
                                 </requireJavaVersion>
                                 <banDuplicatePomDependencyVersions />
                                 <bannedDependencies>
diff --git a/topicgenerator/pom.xml b/topicgenerator/pom.xml
index df05d6ee..ae6ca26e 100644
--- a/topicgenerator/pom.xml
+++ b/topicgenerator/pom.xml
@@ -114,6 +114,18 @@
             <artifactId>jtokkit</artifactId>
             <version>1.0.0</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <!-- https://github.com/TheoKanning/openai-java -->
             <groupId>com.theokanning.openai-gpt3-java</groupId>
diff --git a/topicgenerator/src/main/java/io/dockstore/topicgenerator/client/cli/TopicGeneratorClient.java b/topicgenerator/src/main/java/io/dockstore/topicgenerator/client/cli/TopicGeneratorClient.java
index 012e16c0..40e87ae8 100644
--- a/topicgenerator/src/main/java/io/dockstore/topicgenerator/client/cli/TopicGeneratorClient.java
+++ b/topicgenerator/src/main/java/io/dockstore/topicgenerator/client/cli/TopicGeneratorClient.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import com.beust.jcommander.JCommander;
 import com.beust.jcommander.MissingCommandException;
 import com.beust.jcommander.ParameterException;
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.knuddels.jtokkit.Encodings;
 import com.knuddels.jtokkit.api.Encoding;
 import com.knuddels.jtokkit.api.EncodingRegistry;
@@ -32,7 +33,9 @@
 import io.dockstore.topicgenerator.client.cli.TopicGeneratorCommandLineArgs.GenerateTopicsCommand;
 import io.dockstore.topicgenerator.client.cli.TopicGeneratorCommandLineArgs.GenerateTopicsCommand.OutputCsvHeaders;
 import io.dockstore.topicgenerator.client.cli.TopicGeneratorCommandLineArgs.UploadTopicsCommand;
+import io.dockstore.topicgenerator.helper.ChuckNorrisFilter;
 import io.dockstore.topicgenerator.helper.OpenAIHelper;
+import io.dockstore.topicgenerator.helper.StringFilter;
 import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.io.FileWriter;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -59,6 +62,7 @@ public class TopicGeneratorClient {
     private static final int MAX_CONTEXT_LENGTH = 16385;
     private static final EncodingRegistry REGISTRY = Encodings.newDefaultEncodingRegistry();
     private static final Encoding ENCODING = REGISTRY.getEncodingForModel(AI_MODEL);
+    private final List<StringFilter> stringFilters = Lists.newArrayList(new ChuckNorrisFilter("en"), new ChuckNorrisFilter("fr-CA-u-sd-caqc"));
 
     TopicGeneratorClient() {
     }
@@ -229,6 +233,11 @@ private void uploadTopics(TopicGeneratorConfig topicGeneratorConfig, String inpu
             // This command's input CSV headers are the generate-topic command's output headers
             final String trsId = entryWithAITopic.get(GenerateTopicsCommand.OutputCsvHeaders.trsId);
             final String aiTopic = entryWithAITopic.get(GenerateTopicsCommand.OutputCsvHeaders.aiTopic);
+            boolean caughtByFilter = assessTopic(aiTopic);
+            if (caughtByFilter) {
+                LOG.info("Topic for {} was deemed offensive, please review above", trsId);
+                continue;
+            }
             final String version = entryWithAITopic.get(OutputCsvHeaders.version);
             try {
                 extendedGa4GhApi.updateAITopic(new UpdateAITopicRequest().aiTopic(aiTopic), version, trsId);
@@ -239,6 +248,16 @@ private void uploadTopics(TopicGeneratorConfig topicGeneratorConfig, String inpu
         }
     }
 
+    private boolean assessTopic(String aiTopic) {
+        for (StringFilter filter : this.stringFilters) {
+            if (filter.assessTopic(aiTopic)) {
+                LOG.info(filter.getClass() + " blocked a topic sentence, please review: " + aiTopic);
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
     private Iterable<CSVRecord> readCsvFile(String inputCsvFilePath, Class<? extends Enum<?>> csvHeaders) {
         // Read CSV file
         Iterable<CSVRecord> csvRecords = null;
diff --git a/topicgenerator/src/test/java/io/dockstore/topicgenerator/client/cli/TopicGeneratorClientIT.java b/topicgenerator/src/test/java/io/dockstore/topicgenerator/client/cli/TopicGeneratorClientIT.java
index 725ce8f8..02843970 100644
--- a/topicgenerator/src/test/java/io/dockstore/topicgenerator/client/cli/TopicGeneratorClientIT.java
+++ b/topicgenerator/src/test/java/io/dockstore/topicgenerator/client/cli/TopicGeneratorClientIT.java
@@ -66,4 +66,19 @@ void testUploadAITopics() {
         workflow = workflowsApi.getPublishedWorkflow(32L, null);
         assertNotNull(workflow.getTopicAI());
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void testCensoredAITopics() {
+        final ApiClient apiClient = CommonTestUtilities.getOpenAPIWebClient(true, ADMIN_USERNAME, testingPostgres);
+        final WorkflowsApi workflowsApi = new WorkflowsApi(apiClient);
+
+        Workflow workflow = workflowsApi.getPublishedWorkflow(32L, null);
+        assertNull(workflow.getTopicAI());
+        // This file is modelled after the output file from the "generate-topics" command. It contains 1 row
+        String aiTopicsFilePath = ResourceHelpers.resourceFilePath("offensive-generated-ai-topics.csv");
+
+        TopicGeneratorClient.main(new String[] {"--config", CONFIG_FILE_PATH, "upload-topics", "--aiTopics", aiTopicsFilePath});
+        workflow = workflowsApi.getPublishedWorkflow(32L, null);
+        assertNull(workflow.getTopicAI());
+    }
 }