UK, EU Demand Answers From X Over Reports Grok Generated Explicit, Child-Like Images

Malaysian authorities are also investigating the platform, specifically in relation to the digital manipulation of images of children.

(Left) X owner Elon Musk at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 16, 2023. (Right) The X logo pictured on a screen in Paris on July 24, 2023. Alain Jocard/AFP via Getty Images

Authorities in the UK and the European Union are calling for answers from X and xAI after reports that the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Grok has been used to generate sexually explicit images, including images that appear to depict minors.

Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator, stated in a Jan. 5 social media post that it was aware of “serious concerns raised about a feature on Grok on X that produces undressed images of people and sexualised images of children.”