Yesterday, the Paris prosecutor's office announced an escalation of its investigation of Elon Musk and his social network X, seeking formal charges on a range of claims, including complicity in the possession of child sexual abuse material. We updated our timeline with the latest.
NEW from me: Grok has continued to host sexualized and demeaning images of celebrities, a review of public posts from Grok Imagine has found.
As well as this, people have been creating full nudity (against Grok’s terms) and sex scenes with the Musk-owned AI
A WIRED investigation found dozens of “nudified” deepfake images and videos on Grok's website, including nonconsensual depictions of celebrities and at least one prominent US politician.
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Matt Burgess (WIRED)
France has summoned Musk and Yaccarino to face preliminary criminal charges over Grok-generated CSAM and sexually explicit deepfakes. The Durov/Telegram case was about failing to moderate user content.
A raid on the offices of X in Paris followed a year-long investigation that began in January 2025.
This goes further: prosecutors are treating the AI tool itself as the operator of the content it produces. Liability is being placed upstream, at the point of generation.
Whether or not it goes to trial, the legal precedent will be important for how AI is regulated. gizmodo.com/french-prose...
really great conversation with @mahsaalimardani.bsky.social about what AI-powered propaganda is doing to the information space
Mahsa's article on the eight Iranian protestors that Trump made appear synthetic is a must read
Luis Barrueto
On the morning of April 21, Trump posted an image of eight women on Truth Social, claimed they were Iranian dissidents set to be executed, and demanded that Tehran release them.
Political prisoners are packaged into AI-enhanced collages and unverified execution claims. The Iranian state is the only beneficiary, writes Mahsa Alimardani.
