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EU opens probe into Musk's Grok AI over sexualized deepfakes
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EU opens probe into Musk's Grok AI over sexualized deepfakes

France 24 · Feb 18, 2026 · Collected from RSS

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Elon Musk's social media platform X faces a European Union privacy investigation after its Grok AI chatbot started spitting out nonconsensual deepfake images, Ireland's data privacy regulator said Tuesday. Ireland's Data Protection Commission said it notified X on Monday that it was opening the inquiry under the 27-nation EU's strict data privacy regulations, adding to the scrutiny X is facing in Europe and other parts of the world over Grok’s behavior.

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