Yet it has not yet announced any formal investigation since widespread nude deepfakes began to appear via Grok more than two weeks ago, despite strong rhetoric from EU leaders.
The EU has called the nonconsensual, sexually explicit deepfakes “illegal” and “disgusting,” with Commission President Ursula von der Leyen describing it as “unthinkable behavior.”
France’s digital minister, Anne Le Hénanff, said in response to the announcement that the pressure from Paris and Brussels is “producing results.”
“Nevertheless, I remain particularly vigilant regarding the proper implementation of the commitments made by X. This restriction measure must be effective for all X users (subscribers and non-subscribers alike) in France,” she said.
The U.K. launched fresh action last week. These changes are a “welcome development” but “our formal investigation remains ongoing,” an Ofcom spokesperson said Thursday.
The platform said Wednesday it will geoblock all nudify image requests in jurisdictions where it’s illegal.
Just hours before the changes to Grok were announced, Elon Musk denied that the chatbot was used to generate illegal content.
Mizy Clifton, Océane Herrero and Emile Marzolf contributed to this report.