"French prosecutors have summoned Musk and Linda Yaccarino, X's former chief executive, for "voluntary interviews" in Paris in April. The UK's Information Commissioner's Office also last week announced it was launching a new investigation into X and xAI, saying it had "serious concerns" about Grok's use of personal data and "its potential to produce harmful sexualized image and video content.""
"The European probe announced on Monday, however, will assess whether X breached the EU's flagship GDPR rules, which mandate that companies ensure personal user data is processed only for specific lawful purposes, consider privacy during product development and draw up risk reviews in advance of the launch of high-risk features, for example. Following pressure from governments around the world, including threats of fines and bans in the EU, UK and France, X last month implemented "technological measures" to limit Grok from generating certain explicit images."
"However, the company has insisted that it removes Child Sexual Abuse Material and non-consensual nudity material. In response to the French raids, X said in a post that the allegations were "baseless" and it "categorically denies any wrongdoing." It dubbed the raid an "abusive act of law enforcement theatre designed to achieve illegitimate political objectives," adding that the investigation "distorts French law, circumvents due process, and endangers free speech.""
French and European investigators raided X offices in Paris amid a probe into X's algorithms and the spread of AI-generated sexual abuse material. French prosecutors summoned Musk and Linda Yaccarino for voluntary interviews in Paris. The UK Information Commissioner opened a probe into Grok's use of personal data and its potential to generate harmful sexualized images and videos. The EU launched a GDPR assessment alongside an existing Digital Services Act investigation into sexualized images of women and children. X implemented technological limits on Grok, stated it removes child sexual abuse and non-consensual nudity material, and denied wrongdoing.
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