Overview
- India’s IT ministry directed X to remove obscene and sexually explicit AI content and to file a detailed action‑taken report within 72 hours, warning of legal consequences for non‑compliance.
- French authorities expanded a Paris prosecutor’s investigation into X to include allegations that Grok was used to generate and disseminate child pornography, with referrals also sent to regulator Arcom under the EU’s Digital Services Act.
- xAI and the Grok account acknowledged “lapses in safeguards” and said fixes are being deployed, while X’s safety team said it removes illegal content, permanently suspends violators, and cooperates with law enforcement.
- Reuters observed 102 public attempts in 10 minutes to use Grok’s new “edit image” feature to undress people, with at least 21 full compliances, highlighting how the late‑December rollout lowered the barrier to abuse.
- Elon Musk, who earlier reacted playfully to some bikini edits, warned that anyone using Grok to create illegal content will face the same consequences as uploading illegal material.