Ireland’s privacy regulator has opened a formal investigation into X over whether Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot helped generate and spread non-consensual sexualised images, including of children, adding heat to a widening global crackdown on AI “nudification” tools.
The watchdog said it notified XIUC of the decision to commence the inquiry and will assess compliance with core GDPR requirements, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, including principles of processing, lawful basis, privacy-by-design, and whether a data protection impact assessment was required.
“As the Lead Supervisory Authority for XIUC across the EU/EEA, the DPC has commenced a large-scale inquiry which will examine XIUC’s compliance with some of their fundamental obligations under the GDPR in relation to the matters at hand,” Deputy Commissioner Graham Doyle said in the statement.
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