Nation Mar 04 Musk defends himself against accusations of misconduct prior to Twitter takeover By Barbara Ortutay, Michael Liedtke, Associated Press
World Feb 17 Musk's Grok chatbot faces EU privacy investigation over sexualized deepfake images X faces a new EU privacy investigation after its Grok chatbot generated nonconsensual deepfake images on the platform. By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press
World Feb 03 Paris prosecutors raid X offices as part of investigation over child abuse images, deepfakes French prosecutors raided the offices of social media platform X on Tuesday as part of a preliminary investigation into allegations including spreading child sexual abuse images and deepfakes. They have also summoned billionaire owner Elon Musk for questioning. By Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press
Nation Feb 01 A list of powerful men named in the Epstein files, from Elon Musk to former Prince Andrew A who’s who of powerful men make appearances in the huge trove of documents released by the Justice Department in connection with its investigations of Jeffrey Epstein. By Philip Marcelo, Associated Press
Politics Jan 27 Watch 9:18 Whistleblower responds after DOJ confirms DOGE mishandled Social Security data The Social Security Administration says members of Elon Musk’s DOGE team working at the agency accessed and shared sensitive data. The latest disclosure from the Trump administration seemed to confirm some key concerns first raised in a whistleblower complaint filed… By Amna Nawaz, Matt Loffman
Jan 26 EU investigates Musk's AI chatbot Grok over sexual deepfakes By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press European Union regulators have opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk's social media platform X after its AI chatbot Grok started producing nonconsensual sexualized deepfake images. Continue reading
Jan 16 Watch 6:29 Musk's Grok AI faces more scrutiny after generating sexual deepfake images By Liz Landers, Karina Cuevas, Bridget Craig Elon Musk was forced to put restrictions on X and its AI chatbot, Grok, after its image generator sparked outrage around the world. Grok created non-consensual sexualized images, prompting some countries to ban the bot. Liz Landers discussed Grok's troubles… Continue watching
Jan 15 Grok blocked from undressing images with AI in places where it's illegal, X says By Elaine Kurtenbach, Associated Press Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok won’t be able to edit photos to portray real people in revealing clothing in places where that is illegal, according to a statement posted on X. Continue reading
Jan 12 Malaysia and Indonesia become the first countries to block Musk's chatbot Grok over sexualized AI images By Eileen Ng, Edna Tarigan, Associated Press An emailed request for comment by The Associated Press to Musk's xAI resulted in an automated reply from the media support email address which stated, "Legacy Media Lies."… Continue reading
Jan 02 Tesla loses title as world's biggest electric vehicle maker after sales fall for second year in a row By Associated Press Tesla lost its crown as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday as a customer revolt over Elon Musk’s right-wing politics and stiff overseas competition pushed sales down for a second year in a row. Continue reading