A screen displays examples of artificial intelligence prompt-created videos, made with xAI’s Grok app, in London on Jan. 12, 2026. Leon Neal/Getty Images
The European Commission (EC) on Jan. 26 opened a new formal investigation into Elon Musk’s X, stepping up scrutiny of the platform’s artificial intelligence tool Grok over concerns that it was used to create sexualized images of real people.
The probe aims to examine whether X properly assessed and reduced the risks associated with the rollout of Grok’s features on its platform in the European Union.
