Overview
- X said it will remove illegal material, permanently suspend violators, and work with authorities after India ordered a 72‑hour action report on Grok’s misuse and threatened legal consequences.
- Elon Musk declared that users who prompt Grok to create illegal content will face the same penalties as those who upload it directly.
- Grok/xAI acknowledged lapses in safeguards and cited an incident on December 28 in which the system generated and shared a sexualized AI image of two girls estimated to be 12–16.
- French ministers expanded a prosecutor inquiry and referred the matter to regulator Arcom for EU Digital Services Act checks, while Malaysia opened an investigation and said it would summon company representatives.
- A Reuters review logged 102 attempts in 10 minutes to digitally undress people, with multiple successful edits, following the late‑December rollout of Grok’s edit‑image feature.