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X's Grok chatbot warned of EU action over sexually explicit deepfakes

By Matthew Newman ( January 12, 2026, 21:43 GMT | Insight) -- Elon Musk’s X has been warned by the EU’s top digital official on Monday that it must move “quickly” to "fix" its Grok AI chatbot that has been used to create non-consensual intimate images or face the “full use” of the EU’s digital rule to protect EU citizens. The EU’s warning follows global outrage about the use of Grok to manipulate photos to produce sexually explicit and degrading images without consent. Politicians from the UK to Brazil have called for X to be investigated. On Saturday, Indonesia temporarily cut the access of Grok on the X platform.Elon Musk’s X has been warned by the EU’s top digital official on Monday that it must move “quickly” to "fix" its Grok AI chatbot that's been used to create non-consensual intimate images or face the “full use” of the EU’s digital rule to protect EU citizens....

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