Researchers estimate Elon Musk's Gok bot generated three million sexualised AI images over an 11-day period (29 December to 8 January) (Photo: UMA media)

Brussels opens investigation into X over Grok’s sexualised deepfakes

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by Owen Carpenter-Zehe, Brussels,

The European Commission opened an investigation on Monday (26 January) into Elon Musk’s social media platform X (formerly Twitter) and its integrated AI, Grok, to see if the company assessed the chatbot's potential risks before deploying its new feature...

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Owen Carpenter-Zehe is a junior reporter from the US at EUobserver, covering European politics.

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Researchers estimate Elon Musk's Gok bot generated three million sexualised AI images over an 11-day period (29 December to 8 January) (Photo: UMA media)