By Patricia Figueiredo ( May 11, 2026, 15:01 GMT | Comment) -- The scandal of X's Grok producing millions of sexualized deepfakes led to multiple probes early this year. None has concluded yet, though Brazil’s privacy regulator expects preliminary findings by June, while the UK watchdog has stressed that it's looking into wider risks on X. The incident has precipitated hurried legislative changes in the UK and the EU, though, making clearer the pressures on regulators to deal with AI chatbot risks more quickly.An AI chatbot's sudden ability to create sexualized deepfake images dominated news headlines at the turn of this year. Grok's integration into social media platform X led to a deluge of explicit deepfakes, grabbing the attention of politicians, campaigners and regulators....
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