"Grok has sparked international outrage by allowing users to digitally strip women and children and put them into provocative poses. Grok AI generated about 3m sexualised images in less than two weeks, including 23,000 that appeared to depict children, according to researchers at the Center for Countering Digital Hate. The commission said its new investigation would assess whether the company properly assessed and mitigated risks stemming from Grok's functionalities in the EU,"
"Announcing the investigation, Henna Virkkunen, the commission's top official for tech sovereignty, security and democracy, said: Non-consensual sexual deepfakes of women and children are a violent, unacceptable form of degradation. With this investigation, we will determine whether X has met its legal obligations under the DSA, or whether it treated rights of European citizens including those of women and children as collateral damage of its service."
The European Commission opened a formal investigation into X over its AI chatbot Grok and the platform's recommender systems. Researchers reported Grok generated about 3 million sexualised images in under two weeks, including roughly 23,000 that appeared to depict children. The inquiry will assess whether X properly identified and mitigated risks in the EU under the Digital Services Act, including the sharing of manipulated sexually explicit images and content that may amount to child sexual abuse material. EU officials indicated they were not convinced by X's mitigating measures and an Irish MEP welcomed the formal probe.
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