
French Police Raid X Offices as Grok Investigations Grow
French police raided the offices of the X social media platform today as European investigations grew into nonconsensual sexual deepfakes and potential child sexual abuse material (CSAM) generated by X’s Grok AI chatbot.
A statement (in French) from the Paris prosecutor’s office suggested that Grok’s dissemination of Holocaust denial content may also be an issue in the Grok investigations. X owner Elon Musk and former CEO Linda Yaccarino were issued “summonses for voluntary interviews” on April 20, along with X employees the same week.
Europol, which is assisting in the investigation, said in a statement that the investigation is “in relation to the proliferation of illegal content, no...