"Beyond France, European and British regulators have opened investigations. California's attorney general has demanded xAI halt "illegal" activity, and Malaysia and Indonesia have blocked Grok entirely. The French raid, conducted alongside EU law enforcement agency Europol, stems froman investigation launched in January 2025, the Paris prosecutor's office said Tuesday. The probe focused on alleged algorithm abuse and expanded after reports of "Holocaust denial content" and "sexually explicit deepfakes," prosecutor Laure Beccuau said in a statement."
""Anyone using Grok to make illegal content will suffer the same consequences as if they upload illegal content," Musk wrote on X. xAI's terms of service prohibit "the sexualization or exploitation of children." Still, analysis from the Center for Countering Digital Hate estimated that in a matter of days, Grok produced millions of sexualized images, including more than 20,000 that appeared to depict children."
French authorities, assisted by Europol, raided xAI as part of an investigation launched in January 2025. The probe targets alleged algorithm abuse and widened after reports of Holocaust denial content and sexually explicit deepfakes. Musk and Linda Yaccarino were summoned to appear in Paris on April 20. Grok limited image-generation features after users exploited it to remove clothing from images of women and minors. Musk warned that users creating illegal content will face consequences; xAI's terms ban sexualization or exploitation of children. Analysis found Grok produced millions of sexualized images, including over 20,000 that appeared to depict children. UK regulators and the California attorney general opened probes, and Malaysia and Indonesia blocked Grok amid concerns about personal data being used to generate intimate images without consent.
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