French Officials Report Illegal AI Images Generated by Grok

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Elon Musk responded with laughing emojis and a bikini photo of himself after French officials referred his AI software to prosecutors for generating explicit images of minors.The legal action follows reports that users on the X platform are manipulating the chatbot to create sexualized imagery of children and undress women without their consent.Journalist Samantha Smith faced harassment through the software while xAI claimed legacy media lies despite the Internet Watch Foundation reporting a spike in AI-generated abuse material.
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