Politics Sep 29 WATCH: Trump announces accord signed by top AI companies to 'self-police' development By Christopher Rugaber, Will Weissert, Meg Kinnard, 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
World Jan 26 EU investigates Musk's AI chatbot Grok over sexual deepfakes 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. By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press
Nation Jan 16 Watch 6:29 Musk's Grok AI faces more scrutiny after generating sexual deepfake images 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… By Liz Landers, Karina Cuevas, Bridget Craig
World Jan 15 Grok blocked from undressing images with AI in places where it's illegal, X says 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. By Elaine Kurtenbach, Associated Press
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
Nov 21 France will investigate Musk's Grok after AI chatbot posted Holocaust denial claims By Thomas Adamson, Associated Press France’s government is taking action against billionaire Elon Musk 's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok after it generated French-language posts that questioned the use of gas chambers at Auschwitz, officials said. Continue reading
Jul 11 Why does the AI-powered chatbot Grok post false, offensive things on X? By Madison Czopek, PolitiFact Grok, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, has praised Hitler, dabbled in Holocaust denialism and ranted about “white genocide” in South Africa. That’s happening because of Grok’s instructions and training material, experts say. Continue reading
Jul 09 Musk's AI company scrubs posts after Grok chatbot makes comments praising Hitler By Associated Press Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is taking down antisemitic comments and other “inappropriate posts” made by its Grok chatbot, including some praising Adolf Hitler. Continue reading