EU Commission is Inquiring into Reports That Grok Generates Sexualized Kids’ Images
The European Commission has opened an inquiry into serious reports that Grok, an artificial intelligence tool linked to Elon Musk’s social media platform X, may be generating sexualized images that resemble children. The issue has raised alarm across Europe, with officials stressing that such content is illegal and completely unacceptable under EU law. Grok is a generative AI chatbot developed by xAI and made available to users through X. Concerns began to surface after the platform introduced new image editing and content generation features in late December. Soon after, users and watchdog groups reported that the tool could be misused to create explicit images with childlike characteristics. These reports triggered complaints…