The European Union’s executive arm on Thursday said it had directed Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, class=”backlink” target=”_blank” href=”https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/elon-musk-s-x-lands-in-trouble-across-india-eu-and-malaysia-grok-sexual-image-what-are-the-cases-11767679895676.html” data-vars-page-type=”story” data-vars-link-type=”Manual” data-vars-anchor-text=”Grok”>Grok, to preserve all data linked to the tool after it triggered outrage for producing ‘sexualised deepfake images’ of minors. The decision allows class=”backlink” target=”_blank” href=”https://www.livemint.com/news/india/2026-to-see-upswing-in-india-eu-relationship-jaishankar-11767813953695.html” data-vars-page-type=”story” data-vars-link-type=”Manual” data-vars-anchor-text=”EU authorities”>EU authorities to seek access to records from X as they examine both the platform and the chatbot.
Public complaints surged online following the introduction of an “edit image” feature on Grok. The function allowed users to modify existing images using prompts like “put her in a bikini” or “remove…
