An investigation was officially launched in July , with Paris prosecutors adding an additional charge: Fraudulent extraction of data from an automated data processing system by an organized group. More recently, it also includes complicity in the possession of images of minors representing a pedo-pornographic character, due to images created by Grok between December 25, 2025 and January 1, 2026

Paris prosecutor: Illegal content probe includes pornographic images of minors.

Elon Musk's SpaceX has just bought Elon Musk's xAI (which owns the Grok chatbot and the X social network previously known as Twitter), in a stock-only reshuffling of Elon Musk's companies that aren't Tesla

The law will apply to users under 16 years of age amidst a broader push to hold social media companies accountable for hate speech, social division and illegal content. Speaking at the World Governments Summit in Dubai, Prime Minister Sanchez excoriated social media, calling it a "failed state" where "laws are ignored and crime is endured." He spoke to the importance of digital governance for these platforms, highlighting recent incidents like X's AI chatbot Grok generating sexualized images of children, Meta "spying" on Android users and the myriad election interference campaigns that have taken place on Facebook

Selari pengambil-alihan berkenaan, kini ia turut dilaporkan yang mana xAI membelanjakan sekitar $1 bilion setiap bulan dalam beroperasi. Perkhidmatan Grok yang disediakan oleh xAI dilihat memakan belanja operasi yang sangat besar

Elon Musk's X and Grok platforms are facing increased scrutiny from authorities on both sides of the channel.

SpaceX has acquired xAI, which includes the chatbot Grok

Burning Man woo woo values House of Grok at $250 billion Elon Musk on Monday revealed his space company SpaceX has acquired his AI outfit xAI, and that the two will work together to escape the surly bonds of Earthly powers by tapping the sun's enduring glow.

Feb 2 (Reuters) - Elon Musk said on Monday that SpaceX has acquired his artificial-intelligence startup xAI, combining the rocket-and-satellite company with the maker of the Grok chatbot in a move aimed at unifying Musk's AI and space ambitions

Advocacy organizations are calling on the U.S. government to investigate and cut ties with Grok amid deepfake scandal, as Indonesia lifts temporary ban after xAI responds.

It looks like Grok is still being gross

Grok is once again available in Indonesia, after the country lifted its ban on the AI chatbot that was seen generating millions of sexualized deepfakes , thousands of which included children

JAKARTA, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Indonesia has allowed Elon Musk's Grok chatbot to resume services, lifting a ban over sexualised images on the app, after X Corp committed to improving compliance with the country's laws, according to a government statement

Conducted by the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate, the study focused on images generated from Dec 29 to Jan 8, the day before X claimed access to the image editing feature had been restricted to paid users

NEW YORK, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX and xAI are in discussions to merge ahead of a blockbuster public offering planned for later this year. The combination would bring Musk's rockets, Starlink satellites, the X social media platform and Grok AI chatbot under one roof, according to a person briefed on the matter and two recent company filings seen by Reuters

If the idea of two Musk companies becoming one sounds familiar, that's because it happened less than a year ago. In March 2025, xAI bought X, putting Grok (known for nonconsensual "nudifying" images ) and X (infamous for being a far-right hellscape ) together under one unholy roof

At least as concerning is an app category that the Privacy is a human right company won't remove. Grok, X and (reportedly) dozens of other apps now allow iPhone owners to "digitally undress" real people , including children

All told, the investigation found 55 of this type of app in the Google Play Store and 47 in the Apple App Store. Both platforms also still offer access to xAI's Grok, which is likely the most famous nonconsensual deepfake maker in the world

At least 37 attorneys general for US states and territories are taking action against xAI after Grok generated a flood of nonconsensual sexual images of women and minors.

A tech watchdog organization found 55 nudify apps on Google Play and 47 in the Apple App Store.

The EU on Jan 26 hit Elon Musk's X with an investigation over AI chatbot Grok's generation of sexualised deepfake images of women and minors, in the latest step of an international backlash against the tool

Topik perbualan dua minggu lalu ialah kecerdasan buatan (AI) Grok menjana imej lucah di X sehingga melanggar privasi pengguna

The European Commission on Monday said it opened an investigation into Elon Musk's X over the spreading of sexually explicit material by the AI chatbot Grok

Elon Musk's company faces fines of up to 6 percent of its daily turnover.

With this investigation, we will determine whether X has met its legal obligations under the DSA [Digital Services Act], or whether it treated rights of European citizens including those of women and children as collateral damage of its service, said the Commissions executive VP, Henna Virkkunen in a statement. The EU said that it will assess whether X took measures to reduce risks around the dissemination of illegal content when it deployed Grok onto the platform

The Commission will assess whether "manipulated sexually explicit images" have been shown to users in the EU.

Probe follows outcry over use of creepy image generation tool The European Commission has launched an investigation into X amid concerns that its GenAI model Grok offered users the ability to generate sexually explicit imagery, including sexualized images of children.

LONDON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The European Commission has launched an investigation into Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok over the production of explicit imagery, Regina Doherty, a member of the European parliament representing Ireland, said in a statement on Monday

ChatGPT has been found to be citing Grok in some of its answers, returning recursive results that risks spreading hallucinated or incorrect information

After being one of the first countries in the world to block Elon Musks Grok chatbot, Malaysia has now lifted its ban

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In an official statement, the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has announced that it has lifted its temporary ban on Xs AI chatbot, Grok

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has lifted its temporary restriction on Grok, after confirming that additional preventive and safety measures have been implemented by the social media and AI platform

MCMC said the move comes after receiving confirmation that platform X has implemented additional preventive and security measures for Grok, an AI chatbot application

Previously, we mentioned the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) blocked access to the use of the Grok on X

As you should know by now, X and xAI 's Grok got into a big controversy over the past few days

Millions likely harmed by Grok-edited sex images as X advertisers shrugged.

A new report by the Center for Countering Digital Hate and an investigation by the New York Times lays out the sheer scale of Grok's undressing problem.

We already knew xAI's Grok was barraging X with nonconsensual sexual images of real people

Johansson, for one, previously threatened OpenAI with legal action in 2024 over a ChatGPT voice assistant that effectively cloned her voice. More recently, Elon Musks Grok has been accused of creating millions of sexualized images of real people in just days, according to a report today from The New York Times

Given the way Apple markets itself as a privacy-focused company, it will be interesting to see how the company pitches the public on what sounds like an incognito recording device. Although on that note, the App Store still hosts the Grok app, which egregiously violates privacy by generating nearly-nude deepfakes of real people despite Apple's rules explicitly prohibiting such apps

The social network opened registrations in 2024, and sits now with a daily mobile user base of 3.6 million, which Similarweb says is down 44.4 percent year-over-year. X has found itself in hot water yet again over xAI's Grok chatbot, which was altering pictures of women on the platform to create lewd images at the request of users without the consent of those pictured

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X's chatbot Grok is getting restrictions on its ability to sexualise photos of people after weeks of international criticism and complaints that the software was digitally "undressing" women

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has sent a cease and desist letter to xAI, days after his office launched an official investigation into the company over reports that Grok was generating nonconsensual If youll recall, xAI and Grok have been under fire for taking images of real individuals and putting them in revealing clothing like bikinis upon random users requests

Jan 16 (Reuters) - California Attorney General Robert Bonta on Friday sent a cease-and-desist letter to xAI demanding the company stop the creation and distribution of artificial intelligence-generated nonconsensual sexualized imagery by its Grok chatbot

Although X removed Groks ability to create nonconsensual digitally undressed images on the social platform, the standalone Grok app is another story

Claims Grok chatbot created "countless" sexual images of her without her consent.

The parent company of X and Grok, xAI, launched a counter-suit saying she had violated its terms of service.

Continue reading. X says Grok will no longer edit images of real people into bikinis But image generation isnt going anywhere

Malaysias Ministry of Communications is considering a review of the criteria used to determine how many users a social media platform must have before it qualifies as a licensed service provider under national regulations. The move comes amid ongoing concerns linked to harmful content generated by AI tools such as Grok.

Malaysias Ministry of Communications is reviewing the current user threshold for mandatory social media licensing due to rising challenges around artificial intelligence (AI) content and platform accountability

Global outrage persisted Jan 15 over sexualised deepfakes created by Elon Musk's AI tool Grok, even after his social media platform X said it was blocking the chatbot from undressing images in certain locations

TOKYO, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Japan said on Friday that it has become the latest country to probe X over Elon Musk's artificial intelligence service Grok, stating that the government would consider every possible option to prevent the generation of inappropriate images

STOCKHOLM/LONDON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's Grok chatbot is testing Europe's ability to clamp down on deepfakes and digital undressing of images online, even after regulators scored a rare win by forcing Musk's xAI to curb the creation of sexualized images

X has placed more restrictions on Groks ability to generate explicit AI images, but tests show that the updates have created a patchwork of limitations that fail to fully address the issue.

The chatbot's challenges no longer just Elon Musks problem, as campaigners call on tech giants to step in The ongoing Grok fiasco has claimed two more unwilling participants, as campaigners demand Apple and Google boot X and its AI sidekick out of their app stores, because of the Elon Musk-owned AI's tendency to produce illicit images of real people.

Jan 15 (Reuters) - Canada's privacy watchdog said on Thursday it was expanding an existing probe into X following reports that the social media platform's Grok AI chatbot was making non-consensual sexually explicit deepfakes

Cold milk poured over 'spicy mode,' but it might not be enough to escape a huge fine Ofcom is continuing with its investigation into X, despite the social media platform saying it will block Grok from digitally undressing people.

LONDON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - British media regulator Ofcom said on Thursday its formal investigation into Elon Musk's X over its Grok AI chatbot's sexually intimate deepfake images would continue, even as it welcomed the company's recent policy change

X pagi ini mengumumkan ciri menjana imej yang lucah atau tidak senonoh menggunakan Grok akan dihalang di beberapa negara

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) says that it has reached out to the Elon Musk-owned social media platform, X. The government body says that it wishes to discuss the temporary suspension of its AI chatbot, Grok, on the platform

X and Grok are struggling to contain a scandal involving sexualized images of real people created by its AI.

With the recent Grok controversy going on, X and xAI recently announced a policy update to prevent Grok, their AI chatbot, from generating sexualized or explicit images of real people, including requests like placing individuals in bikinis or revealing clothing

X's safety account said in a social media post that no users will be able to create sexualized images of real people using Grok.

Grok will no longer allow users to remove clothing from images of real people, a statement posted on X reads.

MADRID, Jan 14 (Reuters) - The European Commission will carefully assess changes Elon Musk's platform X has said it would make to its Grok chatbot, a spokesperson said on Wednesday

X says it is changing its policies around Groks image-editing abilities following a multi-week outcry over the chatbot repeatedly being accused of generating sexualized images of children and nonconsensual nudity

Musk's Grok AI chatbot faces investigations from India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Ireland, Australia, the UK and France as well.

California's AG will investigate whether Musks nudifying bot broke US laws.

UK regulator Ofcom has also opened an official inquiry , and European Union officials have said they are also looking into the issue. Malaysia and Indonesia have moved to block Grok

X CEO Elon Musk disputes image generation charges leveled at Grok AI

So complicated that its own creators are unable to explain why it acts the way it does, and so transformative that we'd be fools to stand in the way of progress. Even when progress resembles a machine for undressing strangers without their consent on an unprecedented scale , as has been the case of late with Elon Musk's Grok chatbot

The use of the AI tool to digitally undress women has sparked a backlash as well as intervention from the government and regulator.

Jan 14 (Reuters) - Elon Musk said on Wednesday he was not aware of any "naked underage images" generated by xAI's Grok chatbot, as scrutiny of the AI tool intensifies worldwide

LONDON, Jan 14 - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Wednesday that Elon Musk's X is acting to ensure full compliance with UK law after the country's media regulator launched a probe into the platform over sexualised imagery produced by the Grok AI chatbot