- EU privacy watchdog has opened new ‘large-scale’ investigation
- Investigation into whether ‘potentially harmful’ Grok images breached privacy laws
- This follows separate EU and UK investigations into X deepfakes
Elon Musk’s Platform
According to MarketWatch, the watchdog is investigating whether X has complied with the strict rules of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the EU, which the Irish regulator is in charge of enforcing on behalf of the 27-nation bloc.
In recent weeks, there has been a firestorm of criticism directed at
The DPC says it has “been engaging” with X about the “potentially harmful” images since they began circulating on a large scale, although X has made no official comment. The social media platform has previously insisted that the necessary safeguards have been put in place, but regulators are not convinced.
Investigations and raids
This new investigation joins a separate EU investigation looking at the same issues, but under laws requiring platforms to stop the spread of illegal material, which in this case may include child sexual abuse material. The United Kingdom, which is no longer part of the EU, has also launched its own investigation.
There were also raids earlier this month on X’s offices in Paris by French and EU law enforcement agencies, as part of ongoing investigations also covering AI-generated imagery. As the Financial Times reports, X denied any wrongdoing at the time.
At the moment it is unclear how long the new investigation will take, or what the outcome of it might be, but there are certainly substantial fines on the table, if X is found to have failed to comply with the data privacy protections it put in place around these images.
Grok is powered by xAI, another Elon Musk company, which announced a merger with SpaceX just a few days ago. The AI bot and its capabilities are available to all users, with higher usage limits for those enrolled in premium plans.
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