The European Commission on Monday said it opened an investigation into Elon Musk's X over the spreading of sexually explicit material by the AI chatbot Grok.

The European Union has formally launched an investigation into Elon Musk’s social media company X over what it described as deepfakes of undressed women and children generated by its intelligence-powered chatbot Grok.

The Commission will assess whether "manipulated sexually explicit images" have been shown to users in the EU.

X is already under investigation on several fronts under the EU’s Digital Services Act, which regulates social media platforms, and was in December fined €120 million for lapses in transparency. Penalties can reach up to 6 percent of X’s annual global revenue.

EU regulators have launched a new investigation into Elon Musk’s X over concerns that its AI chatbot, Grok, generates and spreads sexually explicit deepfake images, including of children. The European Commission announced the probe will examine whether X adequately assessed and mitigated the risks when rolling out Grok across the EU’s 27-member countries,

CNN alerted viewers to some more news concerning Elon Musk after his Grok AI platform continues to face investigations over allegations it generated sexually explicit images

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The European Union has launched an investigation into Elon Musk’s X over the sexually explicit deepfakes that have been generated by its AI chatbot Grok. The EU probe follows a similar probe initiated by the U.

The Bastrop-based social media platform is under fire in Texas and around the world over the activities of its Grok AI chatbot.

SpaceX on Monday acquired xAI, the AI startup that also owns the X social media platform, in a deal combining two companies owned by Elon Musk