Ireland's Data Watchdog Joins Global Regulators Probing X Over AI Image Risks

The letter comes amid an international wave of regulator attention on Grok users creating intimate deepfake images of people without their consent, as well as sexualized images of children.

A recent report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate estimates that during an 11-day period starting on December 29, Grok’s account on X generated around 3 million photorealistic sexualized images, including around 23,000 sexualized images of child

The open letter from attorneys general, which cited WIRED’s reporting, said that Grok’s ability to create nonconsensual sexual imagery has been used as a “selling point” by xAI. Read more: www.wired.com/story/the-st...

The State-Led Crackdown on Grok and xAI Has Begun. 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. | WIRED www.wired.com/story/the-s

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New from @regret.bsky.social and me: 35 state and territory AGs signed a letter demanding xAI remove all nonconsensual sexual images created by Grok and arguing that the company is treating them as a "selling point." www.wired.com/story/the-st..

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“Women are being asked to give up their bodies whenever they post a photo of themselves now.”

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The EU has launched a new investigation into X to probe whether the Elon Musk-owned social media site properly assessed and mitigated risks stemming with its in-platform AI chatbot Grok.

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EU probes Elon Musk’s X following Grok sexual images

Eliza Gkritsi / politico - European Commission's move follows explosion of sexually explicit deepfakes of women and children.

#techpolicy #aiethics #genai #europe #contentmoderation #xai #elonmusk #grokai #eu #safety

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EU probes of X over Grok's explicit deepfake abuses (16)
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Digital Services Act enforcement in deepfake investigations

EU Launches DSA Investigation Into Elon Musk’s Grok Over AI Deepfakes

5 wks / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

European Commission opens new investigation into X over Grok

5 wks / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

EU probes of X over Grok's explicit deepfake abuses

X faces EU investigation over Grok’s sexualized deepfakes

5 wks / theverge / Emma Roth

EU opens investigation into Elon Musk's X over Grok deepfakes

5 wks / semafor / J.D. Capelouto

Elon Musk’s Grok Is Under EU Investigation Over Sexual Deepfakes

5 wks / gizmodo / Ece Yildirim

EU launches investigation into X over Grok-generated sexual images

5 wks / bleepingcomputer / Sergiu Gatlan

'Violent' and 'unacceptable': Elon Musk's X under fire over sexualized deepfakes

5 wks / qz / Shannon Carroll

The EU is investigating Grok and X over potentially illegal deepfakes

5 wks / engadget / Steve Dent

Regulators Are Going After Grok and X — Just Not Together

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EU looking into Elon Musk's X after Grok produces deepfake sex images

5 wks / theregister / Lindsay Clark

EU Investigates Musk’s Grok Over Sexual AI Deepfakes

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EU launches formal investigation into X and Grok over sexual images

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European Union opens investigation into Musk's AI chatbot Grok over sexual deepfakes

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EU investigates Elon Musk's X over Grok AI sexual deepfakes

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Elon Musk’s X probed by EU over sexually explicit images on Grok

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EU investigates Elon Musk's X over Grok AI sexual deepfakes

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Elon Musk’s X Faces EU Inquiry Over Sexualized AI Images Generated by Grok

5 wks / nytimes / Adam Satariano

EU probes Elon Musk’s X following Grok sexual images

5 wks / politico / Eliza Gkritsi

Investigations into xAI's role in generating sexual deepfakes

EU launches formal investigation of xAI over Grok's sexualized deepfakes

5 wks / arstechnica / Barbara Moens, Financial Times

EU opens formal probe into Musk’s xAI over Grok deepfakes

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Payment, CSAM enforcement challenges amid deepfake controversies

Payment processors were against CSAM until Grok started making it

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wrote about an apparent policy change in the payments industry www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

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The EU is the latest regulator to investigate X’s Grok over AI-generated sexual abuse. Ramsha Jahangir reports on where governments stand — and what the fragmented response shows about the challenges of protecting children online across borders. www.techp

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EU launches formal investigation into X and Grok over sexual images

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Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok flooded X with millions of sexualized images

Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok generated millions of sexualized images on X in just nine days, including an estimated 23,000 depicting children. Authorities in multiple countries are now investigating.The article Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok flooded X with mi…

#techpolicy #aiethics #genai #contentmoderation #xai #elonmusk #grokai

A study on the artificial intelligence chatbot Grok embedded on X estimates it created 3 million sexualized images in 11 days in January, including 23,000 of children.

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Grok could have produced 3 million sexual deepfakes in 11 days, says estimate

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6 wks / politico / Eliza Gkritsi

Elon Musk’s Grok Generated 23K Sexualized Images of Children, Says Watchdog

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6 wks / decrypt / Jose Antonio Lanz

Asking Grok to delete fake nudes may force victims to sue in Musk's chosen court

6 wks / arstechnica / Ashley Belanger

Grok created three million sexualized images, research says

6 wks / techxplore

Grok is still producing millions of sexualized images of adults and children

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Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok flooded X with millions of sexualized images

6 wks / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Elon Musk's X to block AI chatbot Grok from making explicit images of real people

Huo Jingnan / npr - Elon Musk's social media company X says it will block its AI chatbot Grok from creating explicit images of real people after governments around the world launched investigations into the feature.

#techpolicy #aiethics #genai #censorship #contentmoderation #xai #grokai #digitalprivacy #regulation

Elon Musk's X to block AI chatbot Grok from making explicit images of real people

7 wks / npr / Huo Jingnan

What you need to know about Grok and the controversies surrounding it

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Mother of Elon Musk's child sues xAI over Grok deepfakes

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

#ai #dataprivacy #aiethics #genai #contentmoderation #xai #elonmusk #grokai #litigation

Ashley St Clair Sues Elon Musk’s xAI Over Sexualized Deepfakes - SSBCrack News

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Mother of one of Elon Musk’s offspring sues xAI over sexualized deepfakes

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Mother of Elon Musk's child sues xAI over Grok deepfakes

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Elon Musk’s Grok controversy: Ashley St. Clair sues xAI over explicit deepfake images - Moneycontrol

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'Alright, alright, alright': Matthew McConaughey trademarks iconic catchphrase to stop AI misuse - inkl

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Mother of one of Elon Musk’s children sues xAI over sexual Grok deepfakes

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Deepfake Drama: Elon Musk's xAI Faces Lawsuit Over Grok's Racy Renderings - OpenTools

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Elon Musk-linked AI Grok faces lawsuit over alleged explicit deepfakes - The Hans India

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‘Heinous’: Musk’s AI Grok facing probe

news.com.au - Millions of accounts were deactivated in the wake of Australia’s social media ban, but it’s an “even more potentially catastrophic” threat that has the watchdog worried.

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Minister Smyth says laws adequate to tackle non-consensual Grok AI images, after meeting with Attorney General.

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Minister Smyth says laws adequate to tackle non-consensual Grok AI images

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X still allowing users to post sexualised images generated by Grok AI tool

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Japan calls on X to take measures against AI-generated sexualized images

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State Department Threatens UK Over Grok Investigation, Because Only The US Is Allowed To Ban Foreign Apps

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Musk’s Grok AI Faces Scrutiny From Japan Over Sexualized Images

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After backlash, X restricts Grok from generating sexualized images of real people

7 wks / siliconangle / James Farrell

Grok blocked from undressing images with AI in places where it's illegal, X says

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‘Heinous’: Musk’s AI Grok facing probe

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These companies advertised on X as Grok produced sexualized images of kids

State Department Threatens UK Over Grok Investigation, Because Only The US Is Allowed To Ban Foreign Apps

7 wks / techdirt / Mike Masnick

Grok now bans illegal porn generation, after monetizing it

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Ashley St. Clair Sues Elon Musk’s xAI Over Grok Sexual Images

Madlin Mekelburg / bloomberg - Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk’s children, sued the billionaire’s artificial intelligence company for harassment, accusing xAI’s Grok chatbot of generating sexually explicit images of her without her consent.

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"Ashley St Clair, the influencer and mother of one of Elon Musk’s children, has sued the billionaire’s AI company, accusing its Grok chatbot of creating fake sexual imagery of her without her consent." Europe & the rest of the world have to

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xAI sued by mother of one of Elon Musk’s children over sexual images

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Ctrl-Alt-Speech: We’ve Hit Grok Bottom

7 wks / techdirt / Mike Masnick

Grok undressed the mother of one of Elon Musk’s kids — and now she’s suing

7 wks / theverge / Lauren Feiner

Spicy Soldiers? Pentagon Adopts Grok AI As It Battles Nudification Scandal

7 wks / techstrong / Frank Vizard

Ashley St. Clair Sues Elon Musk’s xAI Over Grok Sexual Images

7 wks / bloomberg / Madlin Mekelburg

Influencer Who Had Child With Elon Musk Sues xAI Over Deepfake Images

7 wks / wsj / Georgia Wells

Elon Musk’s AI company finally blocks nude image generation following pressure from regulators

Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - After days of abuse and investigations on both sides of the Atlantic, Elon Musk's chatbot Grok can no longer undress photos of real people—at least where it's illegal.The article Elon Musk’s AI company finally blocks nude image generation following pressu…

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Bikini edits stir quick tech tweaks (2)
Regulators force nude image blockades (2)
Wider Grok controversies spark ongoing debate (3)
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Bikini edits stir quick tech tweaks

Grok will no longer make people wear bikinis when prompted, according to X

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X says Grok won’t edit images of real people into bikinis. It still does

7 wks / qz / Shannon Carroll

Regulators force nude image blockades

X says it will finally stop letting Grok create undressed images of people

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Elon Musk’s AI company finally blocks nude image generation following pressure from regulators

7 wks / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Wider Grok controversies spark ongoing debate

Elon Musk’s Grok ‘Undressing’ Problem Isn’t Fixed

7 wks / wired / Matt Burgess

What you need to know about Grok and the controversies surrounding it

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Elon Musk’s X Says It Will (Sort of) Crack Down on Grok’s Sexual Deepfake Problem

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X put another band-aid on its nonconsensual sexual images problem. Meanwhile Grok is still putting whoever you want in a bikini. from @mattburgess1.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

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Still not fixed! www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

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Elon Musk’s Grok ‘Undressing’ Problem Isn’t Fixed www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

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NEW: X does seem to have limited Grok’s output on X. But Grok’s website will still undress: “We can still generate photorealistic nudity on Grok[dot]com,” says Paul Bouchaud, the lead researcher at Paris-based nonprofit @aiforensics.org “We can generat

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Stop taking Elon at his word.. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

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Elon Musk’s Grok ‘Undressing’ Problem Isn’t Fixed www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

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California Investigates Elon Musk’s xAI Over Sexualized Images Generated by Grok

Kate Conger / nytimes - The state will examine whether xAI, which owns the social media platform X and created the A.I. chatbot Grok, violated state law.

#ai #techpolicy #aiethics #genai #law #contentmoderation #xai #elonmusk #grokai #california

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California probes

California Opens xAI Investigation Over Grok's Deepfake Flood

7 wks / implicator / Maria Garcia

California to investigate xAI over Grok chatbot images, officials say

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California Attorney General Investigating xAI Over Grok’s Deepfakes

7 wks / wsj / Georgia Wells

Musk denies awareness of Grok sexual underage images as California AG launches probe

7 wks / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

California Launches Investigation Into Grok’s Nonconsensual Sexual Images

7 wks / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

California investigating Grok AI over lewd fake images

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California is investigating Grok over AI-generated CSAM and nonconsensual deepfakes

7 wks / engadget / Karissa Bell

California Investigates Elon Musk’s xAI Over Sexualized Images Generated by Grok

7 wks / nytimes / Kate Conger

California Investigates Elon Musk’s xAI Over Sexualized Images Generated by Grok

7 wks / nytimes / Kate Conger

Elon Musk's xAI probed by California DOJ over Grok's deepfake explicit images

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Global regulatory & advocacy

‘Get Grok Gone’: Advocacy groups demand Apple and Google block X from app stores

7 wks / theverge / Robert Hart

It’s not over, Europe’s regulators tell X

7 wks / politico / Eliza Gkritsi

Philippines to Join Indonesia, Malaysia in Blocking Musk’s Grok

7 wks / bloomberg / Cliff Harvey Venzon

Advocacy groups slam Apple and Google for hosting Grok and X apps

7 wks / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

28 advocacy groups call on Apple and Google to ban Grok, X over nonconsensual deepfakes

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Musk bows to pressure over Grok creating sexualised AI images

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Musk claims Grok made “literally zero” naked child sex images as probes begin

7 wks / arstechnica / Ashley Belanger

Grok Generated 6,700 Nudifying Images Per Hour. Musk Says He Saw 'Literally Zero.

7 wks / implicator / Maria Garcia

Senate passes bill letting victims sue over Grok AI explicit images

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Platform policy clampdown

Elon Musk’s X Restricts Ability to Create Explicit Images With Grok

7 wks / nytimes / Ali Watkins

Elon Musk’s X Restricts Ability to Create Explicit Images With Grok

7 wks / nytimes / Ali Watkins

X says it has blocked Grok from editing images of real people into revealing clothing

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Grok now bans all undressing images -- where it's forced to

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Musk’s xAI bows to pressure and blocks Grok from ‘nudifying’ images

7 wks / siliconrepublic / Ann O’Dea

Musk rushes to fix disgusting Grok replies

7 wks / news.com.au

X Announces Grok Can No Longer Edit Real People’s Images, But Website Still Allows It

7 wks / medianama / Prabhanu Kumar Das

X says Grok, Musk's AI chatbot, is blocked from undressing images in places where it's illegal

7 wks / go

Grok blocks X users from creating images of real people in ‘revealing clothing’

7 wks / mashable

X Tightens Grok Image Generation Following International Backlash

7 wks / decrypt / Jason Nelson

Musk’s Grok barred from undressing AI images after global backlash

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Musk's xAI limits Grok's ability to create sexualized images of real people on X after backlash

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X claims it has stopped Grok from undressing people, but of course it hasn’t

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X to stop Grok AI from undressing images of real people after backlash

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XAI Blocks Grok From Creating Sexualized Images of Real People

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X says Grok will no longer edit images of real people into bikinis

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X is claiming it’s restricted the ability to generate explicit deepfakes with Grok, and plenty of media outlets are parroting it without checking. But it’s still easy to get Grok to generate the very same “undressing” photos causing this scandal in the f

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Le Monde publie de fausses nouvelles. www.theverge.com/news/862372/...

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California DOJ is the latest to initiate a formal investigation of xAI and its Grok issues - the AI chatbot and image generator enabled widespread creation and publication of deepfake NCII & CSAM (nonconsensual intimate images, and child sexual abuse

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Pentagon is embracing Musk's Grok AI chatbot as it draws global outcry

The Associated Press / npr - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok will join Google's generative AI engine in operating inside the Pentagon network, as part of a broader push to feed as much of the military's data as possible…

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Epistemic Weapon Debate

Grok is an Epistemic Weapon

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Global Regulatory Backlash

Governments around the world are considering bans on Grok’s app over AI sexual image scandal

7 wks / fastcompany / Chris Morris

Elon Musk’s Grok AI Gets Pentagon Access Despite Pattern of Failures and Regulatory Crackdowns

7 wks / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Malaysia and Indonesia become the first countries to block Musk’s Grok over sexualized AI images

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Pentagon AI Integration

Hegseth wants to integrate Musk’s Grok AI into military networks this month

7 wks / arstechnica / Benj Edwards

Pentagon Lays Out AI Strategy as It Plans for Future Space Missions

7 wks / decrypt / Jason Nelson

‘Star Trek Real’: Hegseth Praises Grok for Allowing Users to Fight Wars

7 wks / gizmodo / Matt Novak

‘Not Woke’: Pentagon Embraces Elon Musk’s Grok AI Despite Global Backlash

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Pentagon is embracing Musk's Grok AI chatbot as it draws global outcry

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Pentagon is embracing Musk's Grok AI chatbot as it draws global outcry

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Pentagon is embracing Musk's Grok AI chatbot as it draws global outcry

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Pentagon is embracing Musk's Grok AI chatbot as it draws global outcry

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What a new law and an investigation could mean for Grok AI deepfakes

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Ofcom investigates Elon Musk's X over Grok AI sexual deepfakes

bbc - The watchdog said it had received reports of the platform's Grok AI chatbot creating undressed images of people.

#techpolicy #aiethics #genai #uk #contentmoderation #xai #elonmusk #grokai #safety #regulation

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Crisis Overview & Analysis

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5 Things to Know About the Grok AI Deepfake Crisis and the Fallout for X

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Global & Legislative Responses

Grok’s Sexual Deepfakes Will Become Illegal in the UK This Week

7 wks / gizmodo / Matt Novak

Elon Musk’s NSFW Grok AI chatbot is forcing countries to take this extreme step

7 wks / fastcompany / Jennifer Mattson

Fix Grok or else, EU tech chief tells Elon Musk’s X

7 wks / politico / Pieter Haeck

Grok targeted in UK law over sexually-explicit AI image generation — UK will begin prosecuting illegal prompting this week

7 wks / tomshardware

UK pushes up a law criminalizing deepfake nudes in response to Grok

7 wks / theverge / Jay Peters

UK to bring into force law to tackle Grok AI deepfakes this week

7 wks / bbc

Grok ban: The nations considering blocking AI chatbot over nonconsensual sexual content

7 wks / mashable

Why Europe Could Block X Over Grok Scandal But Probably Won’t

7 wks / techpolicy

Malaysia and Indonesia are the first to block Grok following CSAM scandal

7 wks / engadget / Kris Holt

‘Unthinkable behavior’: Von der Leyen slams Musk’s AI for undressing photos of women

7 wks / politico / Ketrin Jochecová

Government will ‘support’ X ban should Ofcom recommend it

7 wks / uktech / Oscar Hornstein

UK, Canada and Australia might ban X over Grok deepfakes

7 wks / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

Platform Content Management

X Didn't Fix Grok's 'Undressing' Problem. It Just Makes People Pay for It

7 wks / ycombinator

Britain Points the Gun at Grok. Musk Calls It Censorship.

7 wks / implicator / Harkaram Grewal

X Removes Vulgar Content Generated By Grok After MeitY Notice

7 wks / inc42 / Anjali Jain

UK Watchdog Investigations

UK probes X over Grok CSAM scandal; Elon Musk cries censorship

7 wks / arstechnica / Ashley Belanger

UK launches formal investigation into X over ‘nudification’ of children images

7 wks / therecord

Elon Musk’s X Under UK Investigation Over Grok’s Sexualized A.I. Images

7 wks / nytimes / Adam Satariano

Elon Musk’s X Under UK Investigation Over Grok’s Sexualized A.I. Images

7 wks / nytimes / Adam Satariano

Ofcom launches X probe over Grok AI abuse concerns

7 wks / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

X Faces U.K. Probe Over Grok’s Sexualized Images

7 wks / wsj / Edith Hancock

UK regulator investigates X over Grok AI's role in generating sexualized deepfakes

7 wks / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

Ofcom officially investigating X as Grok's nudify button stays switched on

7 wks / theregister / Connor Jones

UK regulator launches probe into Musk’s X over Grok’s ‘disgusting’ sexualised AI imagery

7 wks / scmp

Ofcom investigates Elon Musk's X over Grok AI sexual deepfakes

7 wks / bbc

Musk’s X Under Formal Probe by UK’s Ofcom After Grok Outcry

7 wks / bloomberg / Amy Thomson

Ofcom investigates X over Grok sexualised imagery

7 wks / advanced-television / Colin Mann

Elon Musk’s X probed by UK watchdog over Grok deepfakes

7 wks / politico / Mizy Clifton

UK’s Ofcom investigates X over Grok’s sexualised AI images of women and children

7 wks / ft

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Kontext: "Last month the European Commission imposed a €120 million fine on X for minor transparency infringements, drawing howls of outrage from the Trump administration."

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UK probes X over Grok CSAM scandal; Elon Musk cries censorship arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

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Elon Musk’s X Under UK Investigation Over Grok’s Sexualized A.I. Images www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/w...

7 wks / bsky / @mcbridetd.bsky.social / mcbridetd.bsky.social

Elon Musk’s X Under UK Investigation Over Grok’s Sexualized A.I. Images www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/w...

7 wks / bsky / @mcbridetd.bsky.social / mcbridetd.bsky.social

Ursula von der Leyen has blasted Elon Musk’s platform X over the spread of sexually explicit deepfakes created using its AI chatbot Grok.

7 wks / bsky / @politico.eu / politico.eu

‘Unthinkable behavior’: EU’s Von der Leyen slams Musk’s AI for undressing photos of women www.politico.eu/article/euro...

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‘Unthinkable behavior’: Von der Leyen slams Musk’s AI for undressing photos of women #EuropeanUnion https://www.politico.eu/article/european-commission-ursula-von-der-leyen-grok-deepfake-nude-elon-musk-ai-x/

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Indonesia blocks Grok over non-consensual, sexualized deepfakes

Anthony Ha / techcrunch - Indonesian officials said Saturday that they are temporarily blocking access to xAI’s chatbot Grok.

#techpolicy #aiethics #genai #government #asia #censorship #contentmoderation #xai #grokai #digitalprivacy

Indonesia and Malaysia block Grok over sexualized deepfakes

7 wks / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

Grok Limits Image Generation On X To Premium Users, But Use For Non-Consensual Deepfakes Still Widespread

7 wks / medianama / Prabhanu Kumar Das

Musk’s Grok blocked by Indonesia, Malaysia over sexualized images in world first

7 wks / reddit / /u/cnn

Malaysia, Indonesia become first to block Musk's Grok over AI deepfakes

7 wks / npr / The Associated Press

It begins. www.cnbc.com/2026/01/12/m...

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Malaysia, Indonesia become first to block Musk’s Grok over AI deepfakes

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Malaysia and Indonesia block Elon Musk's Grok due to obscene, non-consensual content

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‘The Humiliation Is the Point’: Women Speak Out Over Sexualized Grok Images

7 wks / reddit / /u/Disastrous_Award_789

Malaysia and Indonesia block X over failure to curb deepfake smut

7 wks / reddit / /u/Logical_Welder3467

Malaysia and Indonesia block Musk's Grok over sexually explicit deepfakes

7 wks / bbc

Malaysia and Indonesia block X over failure to curb deepfake smut

7 wks / theregister / Simon Sharwood

Epic Games CEO Defends Grok AI After It's Used To Create Illegal Child Abuse Content And Deepfakes

7 wks / reddit / /u/PeanutCheeseBar

U.S. Senators Ask Cook and Pichai to Remove X and Grok From App Store and Play Store

7 wks / senate / John Gruber

Indonesia and Malaysia block Grok access, UK threatens ban as explicit deepfake problem grows

7 wks / mashable

Grok Deepfaked Renée Nicole Good’s Body Into a Bikini

7 wks / reddit / /u/Salt-Harvester

UK, Canada and Australia in talks to ban X over explicit Grok AI trend

Musk’s Grok AI Blocked in Indonesia, Malaysia Over Sexual Images

7 wks / bloomberg / Soraya PermatasariRam Anand

Grok Is Generating Sexual Content Far More Graphic Than What's on X

Indonesia Blocks Elon Musk’s Grok AI For Explicit Deepfake Abuse

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Indonesian officials said Saturday that they are temporarily blocking access to xAI’s chatbot Grok.

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Indonesia has the balls. Does anyone else? gizmodo.com/indonesia-re...

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Indonesia blocks Grok over non-consensual, sexualized deepfakes

Indonesia blocks Grok over non-consensual, sexualized deepfakes

7 wks / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

The Fourth Most Populous Country in the World Just Reportedly Blocked Grok

7 wks / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

X’s half-assed attempt to paywall Grok doesn’t block free image editing

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Indonesia temporarily blocks access to Grok over sexualised images

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The U.S. government is punting on Grok’s undressing issue

Rebecca Heilweil / fastcompany - Grok’s digital undressing scandal is horrifying. In recent days, countless women, including the mother of one of Elon Musk’s children, have found AI-generated and nonconsensual sexual images of themselves propagating across the web. According to one analy…

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Deepfake Sexual Abuse Outcry (4)
Monetization and Paywall Tactics (8)
Other Scandals and Technical Woes (5)
Regulatory and Political Backlash (14)
All Other Stories

Deepfake Sexual Abuse Outcry

Why Elon Musk is laughing off Grok’s flood of deepfake AI porn

7 wks / fastcompany / Jay Willis

Grok Is Being Used to Mock and Strip Women in Hijabs and Sarees

1 month / wired / Kat Tenbarge

The latest on Grok’s gross AI deepfakes problem

1 month / theverge / Verge Staff

Elon Musk's Grok Faces Backlash Over Nonconsensual AI-Altered Images

1 month / cnet / Gael Cooper

Monetization and Paywall Tactics

X Restricts Grok's Image Generation to Paid Users After Global Backlash

7 wks / reddit / /u/i-drake

Elon Musk Moves to Monetize Grok Deepfake Abuse, UK Calls It Insulting

1 month / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

X’s half-assed attempt to paywall Grok doesn’t block free image editing

1 month / arstechnica / Ashley Belanger

Masterful Gambit: Musk Attempts to Monetize Grok's Wave of Sexual Abuse Imagery

1 month / reddit / /u/Well_Socialized

X Didn't Fix Grok's ‘Undressing’ Problem. It Just Makes People Pay for It

1 month / wired / Matt Burgess

No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature

1 month / reddit / /u/Well_Socialized

Grok image generation is now paywalled on X amid AI "undressing" deepfake controversy

1 month / techspot

Limiting Grok AI image edits to paid users 'insulting' to victims, says UK Govt.

1 month / reddit / /u/Negative_Round_8813

Other Scandals and Technical Woes

Just like its dad, Grok keeps failing up

7 wks / qz / Shannon Carroll

Grok Is In Massive Trouble

1 month / theresanaiforthat / There's An AI For That

Why AI could mark the end of Big Tech's invincibility

1 month / semafor / Reed Albergotti

AI-coded malware arrives on the Mac through fake Grok AI app

1 month / appleinsider

The Grok Disaster Isn't An Anomaly. It Follows Warnings That Were Ignored.

1 month / techpolicy

Regulatory and Political Backlash

Elon Musk’s Grok AI Blocked in Indonesia Over Sexualized Content

7 wks / bloomberg / Soraya Permatasari

‘Abhorrent’: PM slams Elon Musk’s Grok

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X could be banned in UK amid sexualised AI images concerns

1 month / reddit / /u/PaiDuck

Is Apple’s ‘Safe’ App Store a Myth? Senators Want X Booted Over Grok Deepfakes

1 month / idropnews / Jesse Hollington

Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards / X’s deepfake porn feature clearly violates app store guidelines. Why won’t Apple and Google pull it?

1 month / reddit / /u/MarvelsGrantMan136

Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards

1 month / theverge / Elizabeth Lopatto

Grok and X should be suspended from Apple, Google app stores, Democratic senators say

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Senators urged Apple and Google to remove X and Grok from app stores over sexual deepfakes

1 month / reddit / /u/Well_Socialized

US Senators from the Democratic Party Urge Apple and Google to Remove X and Grok from App Stores Following Grok Generating Illegal Sexual Images at Scale

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Senators tell Apple to remove X & Grok from App Store because of AI-generated child porn

1 month / appleinsider

U.S. Senators Ask Apple and Google to Remove X and Grok Apps Over Sexualized Image Generation

1 month / macrumors / Eric Slivka

The U.S. government is punting on Grok’s undressing issue

1 month / fastcompany / Rebecca Heilweil

Democrats ask Apple and Google to remove X’s undressing bot from their app stores / Grok’s nonconsensual deepfakes violate the app stores’ terms of service, the senators argue.

1 month / reddit / /u/MarvelsGrantMan136

Democrats ask Apple and Google to remove X’s undressing bot from their app stores

1 month / theverge / Lauren Feiner

All Other Stories

Elon Musk needed three years to transform Twitter from maybe the world’s most important news source and a vital tool for real-world change into a weird right-wing AI slop machine generating on-demand bespoke nonconsensual porn. A real innovator in the spa

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A substantial number of AI images generated or edited with Grok are targeting women in religious and cultural clothing. www.wired.com/story/grok-i...

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New from @kattenbarge.bsky.social: X influencers are using Grok to unveil Muslim women in hijabs and show them being beaten by men. Women in sarees are also being stripped: www.wired.com/story/grok-i...

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www.theverge.com/news/859715/...

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Mosyle has identified a macOS malware campaign that uses generative AI-assisted code and spreads through a fake AI app download.

1 month / bsky / @appleinsider.com / appleinsider.com

The message also includes a link pushing people toward the social media platform’s $395 annual subscription tier. In one test of the system requesting Grok create an image of a tree, the system returned the same message.

The apparent change comes after days of growing outrage against and scrutiny of Musk’s X and xAI, the company behind the Grok chatbot. www.wired.com/story/x-didn...

The companies face an increasing number of investigations from regulators around the world over the creation of nonconsensual explicit imagery and alleged sexual images of children.

Neither X nor xAI, the Musk-owned company behind Grok, has confirmed that it has made image generation and editing a paid-only feature. An X spokesperson acknowledged WIRED’s inquiry but did not provide comment ahead of publication. Read the full story: