France launched a criminal investigation into X after thousands of sexually explicit deepfake images of women were generated using Elon Musk's AI tool Grok, with prosecutors citing potential violations of the EU's Digital Services Act and French laws punishing nonconsensual image manipulation with up to two years in prison.
India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology issued a formal notice to X on Friday demanding an action-taken report within 72 hours, warning that Grok is being misused to create obscene content targeting women and children in violation of statutory due diligence obligations.
Grok acknowledged Friday that "lapses in safeguards" resulted in sexually explicit images of minors appearing on the platform, prompting criticism that the AI tool lacks basic protections standard among competitors and operates without adequate accountability.
Source: news18
