Elon Musk’s X offices in Paris were raided by French and European investigators on Tuesday, following a public outcry over how its Grok chatbot spread sexualised images of women and children.
French prosecutors also summoned Musk and Linda Yaccarino, X’s former chief executive, for “voluntary interviews” in Paris in April, as part of their wide-ranging investigation into the social media platform.
The raids came as the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced it was launching a new investigation into X and its sister company xAI, saying it had “serious concerns” about Grok’s use of personal data and “its potential to produce harmful sexualised image and video content”.