## Investigation into Grok for Sexual Images California Attorney General Rob Bonta has announced a formal investigation into Grok, the artificial intelligence developed by Elon Musk's xAI. The investigation is motivated by concerns that Grok is being used to generate explicit sexual images, including those depicting minors. Bonta stated that xAI appears to be facilitating the large-scale production of non-consensual intimate deepfakes, used to harass women and girls on the Internet, including through the X platform. The investigation will focus on both Grok's standalone app and its website, assessing how these tools contribute to the creation and dissemination of harmful images without consent. The decision to launch the investigation comes after weeks of reports regarding the generation of sexualized images via Grok, with limited interventions from xAI to curb the problem. The issue raises questions about ethics and responsibility in the development and implementation of generative artificial intelligence systems.