Overview
- California Attorney General Rob Bonta launched a formal probe into xAI, citing alleged facilitation of intimate-image deepfakes used to harass women and girls on X.
- The European Commission said it will evaluate X’s additional measures and warned it could impose fines or suspend the service in the EU if protections fall short.
- UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer noted X is acting to comply with British law as a separate UK regulatory investigation continues.
- X announced new technical measures to block Grok from editing real people into revealing attire for all users, while image generation has remained limited to paying subscribers since January 9.
- International actions escalated as Indonesia and Malaysia suspended Grok access, India reported thousands of removals on X, and an NGO review of over 20,000 Grok images found a majority sexualized, 81% depicting women and 2% appearing to be minors.