UK watchdog contacts Musk's X over abusive imagery

Britain's data regulator, the Information Commissioner's Office, said on Wednesday it had asked Elon Musk's X to clarify how it was complying with data protection laws following concerns that Grok, X's built-in artificial intelligence chatbot, was flooding the site with sexually abusive images of women.



"We have contacted X and xAI" - X's owner - "to seek clarity on the measures they have in place to comply with UK data protection law and protect individuals' rights," the ICO said in a statement, acknowledging reports that raised "serious concerns" over the chatbot's output.



Separately, in the U.S. state of New Mexico, state Attorney General Raul Torrez accused Grok of being one of several AI platforms "which lack basic safeguards to ensure that their users do not violate the dignity and privacy rights of others, especially children."



Torrez said he was "extremely concerned" over the images, promising in a statement to "aggressively police this space."