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
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
EU investigates Musk's X over whether Grok breached rulesThe EU Commission will open proceedings against Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok under the Digital Services Act on Monday, Germany's Handelsbla...
26 Jan, 2026, 05.24 PM IST
UK woman felt 'violated, assaulted' by deepfake Grok imagesBritish academic Daisy Dixon felt "violated" after the Grok chatbot on Elon Musk's X social media platform allowed users to generate sexual...
23 Jan, 2026, 06.43 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
X revises developer API policies, bans ‘InfoFi’ apps to tackle bot spamConfirming the development, X’s head of product Nikita Bier said apps that financially reward users for posting on X will no longer be perm...
15 Jan, 2026, 10.28 PM IST
UK PM Starmer says X moves to comply with UK law over AI deepfakesBritain's media regulator is investigating X, formerly Twitter, over its Grok AI chatbot creating sexualised images. Prime Minister Keir St...
14 Jan, 2026, 07.27 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
Why Grok, not ChatGPT or Gemini, became epicentre of obscenity backlashGrok’s Spicy mode has come under fire for generating non-consensual, sexually explicit images. Its deep integration with microblogging plat...
10 Jan, 2026, 02.54 PM IST
EU orders X to keep Grok documents for longer amid sexualised AI photos furoreThe EU executive on Thursday said it ordered Elon Musk's Grok to keep data related to the AI chatbot after the tool sparked a backlash for ...
08 Jan, 2026, 11.05 PM IST