German minister calls for EU legal steps over Grok images on Musk's X

German media minister Wolfram Weimer urged the European Commission on Tuesday to take legal action to stop what he called the "industrialisation of sexual harassment" taking place on Elon Musk's social media platform X.



Weimer joins other European officials and bodies, including the European Union's executive body, in raising concerns about a surge in nonconsensual imagery on the platform.



The condemnation follows reporting, including from Reuters, that X's built-in artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, was unleashing on-demand images of women and ‍minors in skimpy clothing - a functionality X has in the past referred to as "spicy mode".



"What we are currently observing on X looks like the industrialisation of sexual harassment," Weimer told Reuters.



"It is now crucial that the EU Commission continues to enforce this (legal framework) as rigorously as it has already begun."