French prosecutors summon Elon Musk over sexualised AI deepfakes on X

French authorities summon Elon Musk for questioning over allegations that X's AI tool, Grok, spread millions of sexualised deepfakes on the platform. | Contesto: cronaca

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• French prosecutors summon Elon Musk over sexualised AI deepfakes on X

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French judicial authorities have formally summoned tech billionaire Elon Musk for a voluntary interview, a significant escalation in a probe into the alleged dissemination of millions of sexualised deepfakes by the artificial intelligence feature Grok on his social media platform, X. The summons was issued on Monday, though it remains unclear whether Musk, who resides outside of France, will agree to attend the interview. This move places the world's richest person under direct legal scrutiny in a major European jurisdiction over the content moderation practices of his company. The investigation centers on Grok, an AI chatbot integrated into X and developed by Musk's own xAI. Prosecutors are examining allegations that the tool was instrumental in creating or spreading a vast volume of non-consensual, sexually explicit fabricated media, commonly known as deepfakes. This type of content, which superimposes a person's likeness onto pornographic material without their consent, has become a pervasive tool for harassment and reputational damage, predominantly targeting women and public figures. The scale cited—"millions" of deepfakes—suggests a potential systemic failure in the platform's safeguards. This legal action underscores the growing confrontation between European regulators, with their stringent digital governance laws, and Silicon Valley's ethos of minimal content intervention. France, as a member of the European Union, enforces the Digital Services Act (DSA), a sweeping regulation that imposes strict obligations on very large online platforms like X to mitigate systemic risks, including the spread of illegal content. A failure to adequately police deepfakes could constitute a major breach of these rules, exposing the company to fines of up to six percent of its global annual turnover. Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter, rebranded as X, was marked by a dramatic overhaul of its content moderation policies, including the reinstatement of previously banned accounts and a significant reduction in trust and safety teams. He has consistently championed a maximalist view of free speech, arguing that platforms should not act as "the arbiter of truth." The...

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