Overview
- The European Commission said it is very seriously examining complaints about Grok’s role in creating explicit childlike images and cited concerns over a so‑called spicy mode.
- Britain’s Ofcom made urgent contact with X and xAI to assess compliance with duties to protect UK users and said it will decide whether to open a formal investigation.
- India ordered X to file an action‑taken report within 72 hours and warned of possible loss of safe‑harbor protections, with the deadline falling today and no public confirmation of compliance.
- France’s Paris prosecutor expanded an existing probe into X to include allegations that Grok was used to generate and disseminate child abuse content, while Malaysia’s regulator opened an investigation into AI misuse on the platform.
- X said it will remove illegal content and permanently suspend accounts, and Elon Musk warned users that generating illegal images with Grok carries the same consequences as uploading them, though researchers and reporters still observed ongoing misuse.