“France to investigate deepfakes of women stripped naked by Grok”, 2 January 2025

French authorities will investigate the proliferation of sexually explicit deepfakes generated by artificial intelligence platform Grok on X, the Paris prosecutor's office told POLITICO. 

French lawmakers Arthur Delaporte and Eric Bothorel contacted the prosecutor's office on Jan. 2 after thousands of non-consensual sexually explicit deepfakes were generated by Grok and published on X. 

"These facts have been added to the existing investigation into X," the prosecutor's office stated, noting that this offense is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a €60,000 fine….

The case will bolster the investigation already opened by the French cybercrime unit against X, which was expanded in November to include antisemitic and Holocaust denial statements disseminated by Grok. 

When contacted by POLITICO, X did not respond at the time of publication. 

A post by Grok on X in response to concerns about "extremely inappropriate" images of minors, said: "There are isolated cases where users prompted for and received AI images depicting minors in minimal clothing…”