Overview
- Reuters testers got Grok to create sexualized edits of real people in dozens of attempts, even after stating the subjects did not consent, while rival tools from OpenAI, Google, and Meta refused.
- French prosecutors searched X’s Paris offices in a widening probe into alleged offenses including dissemination of child pornography and sexually explicit deepfakes, and requested voluntary interviews with Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino for April 20.
- The UK Information Commissioner’s Office opened a formal investigation into two X companies over the processing of personal data tied to Grok and its potential to generate non‑consensual sexual imagery, including of children, as Ofcom’s separate X probe continues.
- Indonesia lifted its three‑week block on Grok on a conditional basis under strict supervision after a written commitment from X, with officials warning access will be re‑suspended if safeguards fail; Malaysia and the Philippines have also restored access.
- xAI and X say they have limited image editing to paying subscribers, curbed outputs on X’s public account, and geoblocked certain content where illegal, yet U.S. state attorneys general—including California’s—have pressed the company and issued a cease‑and‑desist over non‑consensual imagery.