Elon Musk summoned in France to show up over deepfakes on X, Grok probe
Elon Musk failed to appear for a voluntary interview with Paris prosecutors on Monday regarding an investigation into his social media platform X and AI chatbot Grok.
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- Apr 20
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Musk responded to a post about the report on X, writing "indeed, this needs to stop".
Elon Musk dubbed the French authorities 'retards' in a French-language X post
Elon Musk has been summoned to Paris, where investigators are looking into allegations of misconduct related to X, including the spread of child sexual abuse material and deepfake content.
The investigation is looking into alleged complicity in possessing and spreading pornographic images of minors, sexually explicit deepfakes, denial of crimes against humanity and manipulation of an automated data processing system as part of an organised group.
Grok, X's AI system, sparked global outrage after it pumped out a torrent of sexualised nonconsensual deepfake images in response to requests from X users.
X's algorithm was used to interfere in French politics
Grok's AI chatbot disseminated Holocaust denial and sexual deepfakes
Elon Musk snubbed an interview summons by French prosecutors amid an X probe.
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