Teenage girls sue Musk’s xAI, accusing Grok tool of creating child sexual abuse material Lawsuit details how sexualized AI-generated images were produced and distributed without girls’ knowledge The Guardian - US · Mar 16
Elon Musk reveals big problems at xAI ‘from the foundations up’ Former staffers have described a culture of chaos at the AI firm responsible for the controversial Grok chatbot The Independent UK · Mar 13
Users Made Grok Post Offensive Soccer Jokes. Now the U.K. Wants To Censor It. After users prompted Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok to generate "vulgar" posts, British officials warned X it could face penalties. Reason · Mar 10
The SpaceX IPO Could Be the Biggest Ever—Here’s What We Know The SpaceX IPO will be Earth-shattering, as the valuation is astronomical and the risks abound. Investors have options, but waiting may not be one of them. MarketBeat · Mar 10
Ministers must act more quickly on deepfakes to protect women and girls, Kendall says Exclusive: Technology secretary urges tech companies to do more to tackle online misogyny The Guardian - UK · Mar 9
We are in a digital version of the enclosures – like the landowners, big tech has power without responsibility Between the middle of the 18th and 19th centuries, the English parliament passed more than 4,000 Enclosure Acts. These laws allowed the fencing of common lands where villagers had grazed livestock and planted for generations, transferring them largely into private ownership of the aristocracy or the church. Similar dramatic changes… The Conversation · Mar 9
‘Sickening, Irresponsible’—Man Utd, Liverpool Defeat Elon Musk in AI Battle A series of posts from the X AI tool Grok inspired complaints from both Premier League clubs. Sports Illustrated · Mar 8
AI chatbots point vulnerable social media users to illegal online casinos, analysis shows Tech firms condemned for lack of controls with Meta AI and Gemini even offering advice on how to bypass UK gambling and addiction checks The Guardian - UK · Mar 8
Did you spot these fake videos about the Iran war? The escalation between Iran, Israel and the US has prompted a wave of viral war footage online. But many of the videos gaining millions of views are misleading, wrongly captioned, lifted from video games or entirely AI-generated. Euronews · Mar 6
Elon Musk Calls Other AI Platforms 'Weak Sauce' and Claims Grok Is the Only 'Unwoke' AI Elon Musk has promoted the latest Grok 4.20 AI update as uniquely 'non‑woke,' dismissing rivals like ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini as 'weak sauce' and saying his platform gives bold answers. International Business Times UK · Mar 3
Elon Musk Tells Sam Altman's OpenAI In Court To Check ChatGPT's Safety Record As AI Feud Escalates Elon Musk reacts against OpenAI, questioning the safety of ChatGPT compared to his own AI system, Grok. International Business Times UK · Mar 2
‘No fear or favour’: Irish data regulator defends relationship with big tech The media regulator said it would be helpful to ban companies from making technologies that can create sexualised images of children available. Evening Standard · Feb 24
Musk's xAI and Pentagon reach deal to use Grok in classified systems As Anthropic and the Pentagon fight, Elon Musk is moving in. Axios · Feb 23
Baldur's Gate 3 somehow delays Grok update on Twitter, and Larian feels the same way about that as you: "Can I have just one normal week" Elon Musk is a noted RPG fan GamesRadar · Feb 23
The Conversation · Feb 20 The furore over Grok’s sexualised images has begun an AI reckoning Controversy over the chatbot Grok escalated rapidly through the early weeks of 2026. The cause was revelations about its alleged ability to generate sexualised images of women and children in response to requests from users on the social media platform X.
Radio France Internationale · Feb 18 Ireland watchdog opens probe into sexual AI imagery from Grok chatbot Ireland’s data protection watchdog has launched a probe into Elon Musk’s social media platform X over AI chatbot Grok’s generation of sexualised deepfake images, the latest step of an international backlash against the tool.
The Independent UK · Feb 17 EU privacy investigation targets Musk's Grok chatbot over sexualized deepfake images X faces a new EU privacy investigation after its Grok chatbot generated nonconsensual deepfake images on the platform
The Independent UK · Feb 17 Another country launches investigation into Elon Musk’s Grok Elon Musk’s social media platform is under investigation by multiple authorities
Euronews · Feb 17 Ireland launches 'large-scale' probe into Elon Musk’s Grok over AI-generated sexual images Ireland can levy fines of up to 4 percent of a company's global revenue under EU rules.
Euronews · Feb 17 Newsletter: The EU’s balancing act on Trump’s Peace Board Also in this newsletter: Trilateral Ukraine peace talks resume; the Indian ambassador to the EU calls for swift implementation of the EU-India trade pact; top EU military official says bloc's mutual defence should be defined for "below Article 5."
The Independent UK · Feb 16 Grok AI gets a ‘sexy’ personality for UK Tesla owners but it can argue with you, too The free in-car AI companion gets multiple personality modes that include Motivation, Romantic and Argumentative
PC Gamer · Feb 16 'No platform gets a free pass': UK government's Online Safety Act rules extending to chatbots after Grok fallout This is alongside plans to enforce age restrictions and tackle 'harmful' infinite scroll designs.
The Independent UK · Feb 15 Keir Starmer promises smartphone crackdown for under-16s within months Measures could include a minimum age limit for social media, restrictions on infinite scrolling and preventing children from speaking with online chatbots
The Guardian - UK · Feb 15 Starmer to extend online safety rules to AI chatbots after Grok scandal Starmer to announce ‘crackdown on vile illegal content created by AI’ after scandal involving Elon Musk’s Grok tool
Evening Standard · Feb 15 No online platform gets ‘free pass’ when it comes to child safety, says Starmer The Prime Minister was speaking as he set out plans to bolster the protection of young people online.