TechFlow news, January 3rd, according to reports from Reuters, FT, and other media outlets, Elon Musk's xAI's chatbot Grok has recently been accused of generating sexualized images of women and minors, triggering regulatory scrutiny at an international level. Reuters discovered over 20 cases on the X platform, showing users utilizing Grok to perform "digital undressing" on images, targeting both women and men.
Regarding regulatory developments, several government ministers in France have referred the relevant content to prosecutors and requested the national media regulatory agency to assess whether Grok complies with the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA); the Indian Ministry of Information Technology has sent a letter to X's Indian branch, pointing out its failure to effectively prevent the misuse of Grok and demanding a corrective action report within 3 days.
In response, the official Grok account stated that "CSAM (Child Sexual Abuse Material) is illegal and prohibited," acknowledged vulnerabilities in its security protections, and indicated that fixes are being implemented; xAI has so far made limited public statements on the matter.
