The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), one of the main regulators of the sector in the European Union, reported this Tuesday that it has opened an investigation into Grok, the artificial intelligence of the social network X.
The investigation will address the creation and publication on the social network
The DPC indicated this Tuesday that the day before it had informed company X, which has its European operations headquarters in Dublin, of the start of the investigation. Its objective, according to the commission, is to determine whether the technology giant has violated the provisions of the EU General Data Protection Regulation regarding the processing of users’ personal information.
The deputy commissioner of the DPC, Graham Doyle, has indicated in a statement that the Irish regulator has maintained contacts with
“As the main supervisory authority for
The European Commission already launched an investigation in January against X for the creation of sexualized images and nudity without consent through Grok, to determine whether the company complies with the obligations of European digital laws.
Brussels then informed that it will assess whether X has adequately examined and mitigated the risks associated with the implementation of Grok functions in the EU. This includes the possible distribution of illegal content, such as manipulated images that are sexually explicit and may even be considered child sexual abuse material.
For his part, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, announced this Tuesday that “they could be committing the creation and dissemination of pornography.” This is one of the five measures that Sánchez himself announced on February 3 in Dubai against social networks, which “have become a failed state, in which laws are ignored and crimes are tolerated,” as he expressed.
“These platforms are attacking the mental health, dignity and rights of our sons and daughters. The State cannot allow it. The impunity of the giants must end,” the president wrote this Tuesday in , one of the platforms against which he intends to act.
