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

Grok-Deepfakes Lawsuit - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

European Union regulators on Monday opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk's social media platform X after his artificial intelligence chatbot Grok started spewing nonconsensual sexualized deepfake images on the platform.

The scrutiny from Brussels comes after Grok sparked a global backlash by allowing users through its AI image generation and editing capabilities to undress people, putting females in transparent bikinis or revealing clothing. Researchers said some images appeared to include children. Some governments banned the service or issued warnings.

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