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French ministers report Grok’s sex-related content on the X platform to prosecutors

By Thomson Reuters Jan 2, 2026 | 9:55 AM

PARIS, Jan 2 (Reuters) – French ministers have reported to prosecutors ‍sexually explicit content generated by Elon Musk’s xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok on ‌the X platform, ‌saying in a statement on Friday the “sexual and sexist” content was “manifestly illegal”.

Grok said ​earlier on Friday lapses in ‍safeguards had ​resulted in “images depicting ​minors in minimal clothing” ‍on social media platform X and that improvements were being made to prevent ‍this.

The ministers said they had also reported the content ‍to ‍French media ​regulator Arcom for ​checks ⁠on whether the ‌content complied with the European Union’s Digital Services Act.

(Reporting by Michel Rose; Editing by Toby ⁠Chopra)