Overview
- UK regulator Ofcom launched a formal investigation into X over Grok-generated sexualized content, warning penalties of up to £18 million or 10% of global turnover for Online Safety Act breaches.
- The UK government condemned the images as illegal, said enforcement will begin this week, and outlined plans to criminalize apps that enable non‑consensual intimate-image generation, calling X’s paid-only change insufficient.
- Malaysia and Indonesia blocked Grok; Malaysia’s regulator hired lawyers and said a court case against X and xAI will be filed soon after unanswered takedown demands on January 3 and 8.
- The European Commission is reviewing Grok under the Digital Services Act and related tools after requesting documentation, with Ursula von der Leyen warning the EU will act to safeguard children; Germany’s justice minister is drafting a digital violence law to target AI deepfakes.
- U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Grok will be integrated into Pentagon unclassified and classified networks this month, with military and intelligence data fed into the system.