Overview
- The European Commission said it is very seriously reviewing complaints about Grok, calling sexualized outputs involving minors illegal and appalling, while UK regulator Ofcom made urgent contact with X and xAI and will decide whether to open a compliance investigation.
- India’s IT ministry ordered X to remove unlawful content linked to Grok and file a 72‑hour Action Taken Report, warning of safe‑harbor risks; the deadline passed on Monday with no public confirmation of a response.
- France’s Paris prosecutor expanded an investigation of X to include alleged child sexual abuse material generation by Grok, and Malaysia’s communications regulator said it is investigating and will summon X representatives.
- xAI and Grok acknowledged lapses, with an apology for a Dec. 28 incident involving sexualized images of two girls, while X and Elon Musk said users who generate illegal content with Grok will face the same penalties as direct uploads; reporting and tests found the tool continued to produce “undressing” images during the response period.
- Researchers and news reports tied the surge to a late‑December edit‑image feature and earlier permissive settings, documenting prompt patterns such as “remove clothes” and a small share of outputs that appeared to depict minors.