French ministers report Grok’s sex-related content on the X platform to prosecutors

French ministers ‍have reported to prosecutors ​sexually explicit content ‌generated ​by Elon Musk’s xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok on the X platform, saying in a ​statement on Friday ⁠the “sexual and sexist” content was “manifestly illegal”.

Grok said ​earlier on ⁠Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in “images depicting minors ‌in minimal ‌clothing” on social media platform X ‍and that improvements were being ‍made to prevent this.

The ministers said they had also reported the content to French media regulator ⁠Arcom for checks on whether ​the content complied with ⁠the European Union’s Digital Services Act.