By bizn_fun 
Separately, UK authorities have given an update on their investigations into sexual deepfakes created by Musk’s AI tool Grok and shared on X.
The images – often made using real images of women without their consent – prompted a barrage of criticism in January from victims, online safety campaigners and politicians.
The company eventually intervened to prevent the practice, after Ofcom and others launched investigations.
In an update on Tuesday, Ofcom said it was continuing to investigate the platform and was treating it as “a matter of urgency”.
It added it was currently unable to investigate the creation of illegal images by Grok in this case because it did not have sufficient powers relating to chatbots.
However, another regulator – the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) – said it was launching its own probe, external, in conjunction with Ofcom, into the processing of personal data in relation to the Grok.
“The reports about Grok raise deeply troubling questions about how people’s personal data has been used to generate intimate or sexualised images without their knowledge or consent, and whether the necessary safeguards were put in place to prevent this,” said William Malcolm, the ICO’s executive director for regulatory risk & innovation.
In late January, the European Commission announced an investigation into its parent company xAI over concerns about the images.
A Commission spokesperson said it was in touch with France over its search of X’s office in Paris.