Privacy watchdog finds xAI\u2019s Grok lacks safeguards for sexualised deepfake image sharing, amid growing global scrutiny.<\/p>\n
Published On 11 Jun 202611 Jun 2026<\/p>\n
xAI\u2019s Grok has violated Canadian privacy laws because it launched an image generator that can create and share sexualised deepfake images without users\u2019 consent, according to a report by the country\u2019s privacy commissioner following a January probe.<\/p>\n
The official report, which was released on Thursday, comes after the Elon Musk-owned platform rolled out changes that would prevent Grok from allowing users to edit images of real people in revealing clothing.<\/p>\n
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\u201cxAI violated Canada\u2019s federal private sector privacy law by launching the Grok AI-powered image generation tool without implementing appropriate safeguards from the outset,\u201d Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne said in a press conference on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Dufresne, however, does not have the authority to impose fines or order policy changes for xAI, a subsidiary of SpaceX, which is set to go public on United States markets on Friday, marking the biggest initial public offering in modern history.<\/p>\n
xAI has committed to regularly monitoring for sexualised deepfakes before an incident is reported, and not just in response to incidents, he said.<\/p>\n
The watchdog report comes amidst a newly released digital safety bill aimed at children. The bill, if passed, would ban social media use for children under 16, with exceptions for companies that meet safety standards.<\/p>\n
The legislation would create a digital regulator to help establish safety standards for AI chatbots, much like Grok.<\/p>\n
Global scrutiny<\/p>\n
xAI has been scrutinised across the globe for sexualised images on its platform.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, British lawmaker Jess Asato sued xAI amid deepfake sexualised images created of her on the platform.<\/p>\n
In January, Ofcom, the United Kingdom\u2019s media regulator, launched an investigation into the platform to see if it was adequately preventing the creation of deepfake sexualised images.<\/p>\n
That month, the European Commission also condemned the spread<\/a> of explicit content on X, with regulators calling it \u201cappalling\u201d and \u201cdisgusting\u201d, leading to a probe.<\/a><\/p>\n In February, Spain launched a probe<\/a> into Grok, and in March, a Dutch court ordered xAI<\/a> to stop allowing the creation of nude images in the country.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, in the US, also in March, three teenage girls filed a class action lawsuit alleging that the platform allowed images that depicted child sexual abuse.<\/p>\n Lawyers for the three unnamed victims said xAI \u201chas made explicit content part of Grok\u2019s DNA\u201d in a complaint filed in a California court.<\/p>\n In January, the US Senate passed a bill that would allow victims of deepfake sexually explicit images to sue creators for a minimum of $150,000.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, in January, Indonesia and Malaysia fully blocked Grok over sexually explicit AI images.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Privacy watchdog finds xAI\u2019s Grok lacks safeguards for sexualised deepfake image sharing, amid growing global scrutiny. Published On…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84355,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[433,17,235,26526,116,113,8067,1194,236,8668,438],"class_list":["post-84354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-business-and-economy","tag-canada","tag-economy","tag-elon-musk","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-privacy","tag-social-media","tag-technology","tag-telecommunications","tag-us-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}