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The Grok AI model offers a so-called 'spicy' mode, which allows adult users to generate sexually suggestive images. An EU commission spokesperson said: 'This is not spicy. This is illegal. This is appalling. This is disgusting. This is how we see it. And this has no place in Europe' (Photo: Abdelrahman Ahmed)

Brussels looking into X’s Grok over flood of sexualised deepfakes

by Owen Carpenter-Zehe, Brussels,

The European Commission confirmed on Monday (5 January) it is looking into xAI's, parent company to

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Owen Carpenter-Zehe is a junior reporter from the US at EUobserver, covering European politics.

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The Grok AI model offers a so-called 'spicy' mode, which allows adult users to generate sexually suggestive images. An EU commission spokesperson said: 'This is not spicy. This is illegal. This is appalling. This is disgusting. This is how we see it. And this has no place in Europe' (Photo: Abdelrahman Ahmed)

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EU & the World Digital

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Owen Carpenter-Zehe is a junior reporter from the US at EUobserver, covering European politics.

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