British lawmaker sues Musk's xAI over sexualised Grok imagesGrok, distributed through Musk's social media platform X, is currently subject to regulatory probes in several countries after an outcry ea...
04 Jun, 2026, 08.25 AM IST
EU plans new rules targeting addictive design on TikTok, Meta, to protect childrenThe European Union is creating new regulations to safeguard children from addictive social media platform designs. These rules will target ...
12 May, 2026, 08.11 PM IST
Sexualised deepfakes targeting actress spur German '#MeToo' momentGermans are protesting online abuse. Thousands have taken to the streets. This follows a case involving TV personality Collien Fernandes. S...
31 Mar, 2026, 07.11 PM IST
AI used to make 'fetishised' images of disabled womenSome account owners use artificial intelligence to manipulate real images of non-disabled women, making them appear to have Down syndrome, ...
27 Mar, 2026, 09.44 AM IST
Dutch court orders xAI, Grok not to create, distribute non-consensual sex images in NetherlandsThe decision in a civil suit is one of the first times a judge has weighed in on xAI's responsibility for creating tools that can be used t...
26 Mar, 2026, 10.13 PM IST
French prosecutors suspect Musk encouraged deepfakes row to inflate X valueFrench prosecutors said Saturday they had alerted US authorities to a suspicion that tech tycoon Elon Musk had encouraged controversy over ...
22 Mar, 2026, 10.05 AM IST
Germany to crack down on sexualised deepfakesGermany is set to criminalise the creation and sharing of sexualised deepfakes. This move follows serious accusations by TV personality Col...
20 Mar, 2026, 08.15 PM IST
EU states back ban on AI generating sexualised deepfakesEU nations on Friday backed a ban on AI systems generating sexualised deepfakes, after an outcry over such images produced by Elon Musk's A...
13 Mar, 2026, 05.24 PM IST
UK to make tech firms remove abusive images within 48 hours of alertVictims of abusive images would have to report them only once for tech companies to remove them from multiple online platforms under the ne...
19 Feb, 2026, 05.09 PM IST
Ireland opens probe into Musk's Grok AI over sexualised imagesThe DPC is the lead EU regulator for X because the U.S. company's European Union operations are based in Ireland. It can levy fines of up t...
17 Feb, 2026, 08.22 AM IST
Elon Musk’s xAI launches Grok Imagine 1.0 amid sexualised images controversyThe upgrade expands Grok’s video capabilities and is now in wide release. However, it comes amid worries over AI’s safety practices and the...
02 Feb, 2026, 09.25 PM IST
Indonesia lets Elon Musk's Grok resume, lifting ban over sexualised imagesIndonesia has lifted its ban on Elon Musk's Grok chatbot. The AI tool was suspended for three weeks due to concerns over sexualised images....
01 Feb, 2026, 01.17 PM IST
Malaysia lifts suspension on Musk's Grok chatbotThe Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) suspended the service on X and xAI on January 11 and appointed solicitors to ...
23 Jan, 2026, 04.19 PM IST
xAI sued over non-consensual deepfake images of Ashley St Clair, mother of Elon Musk’s childAshley St Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk’s children, on Thursday sued his artificial intelligence (AI) company, xAI, alleging that i...
16 Jan, 2026, 01.43 PM IST
Malaysia to take legal action against X, xAI over Grok concernsThe Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) already suspended access to Grok, which is integrated into both the X and xAI...
13 Jan, 2026, 04.07 PM IST
Malaysia suspends access to Musk's Grok AIMalaysia has blocked access to Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot after it was widely misused to create pornographic and abusive images. Regulators s...
11 Jan, 2026, 05.13 PM IST
Indonesia temporarily blocks access to Grok over sexualised imagesxAI, the startup behind Grok, said on Thursday it was restricting image generation and editing to paying subscribers as it tried to fix saf...
10 Jan, 2026, 01.15 PM IST