Probe into Grok AI following reports of sexualised content

THE Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has opened investigations in relation to the Grok AI system and its potential to produce harmful sexualised image and video content.

- MARIA WARD-BRENNAN

The probe into the tech tool owned by Elon Musk’s Internet Unlimited Company (XIUC) and X.AI comes after the chatbot made headlines last month over the generation of explicit, sexualised images, including of children.

The watchdog said: “The reported creation and circulation of such content raises serious concerns under UK data protection law and presents a risk of significant potential harm to the public” The ICO confirmed yesterday that it was “working closely with Ofcom” as well as international regulators.