Commission opens EU DSA investigation into X over Grok AI and content risks
The European Commission has opened a new formal investigation into X under the EU Digital Services Act and extended an existing investigation to assess whether X has complied with its obligations to assess and mitigate systemic risks arising from its recommender systems and the deployment of the Grok artificial intelligence tool within the EU, in particular risks relating to the dissemination of illegal content such as manipulated sexually explicit material, including potential child sexual abuse material; the Commission considers that these risks may have materialised, causing serious harm to users, and will examine whether X adequately assessed and mitigated such risks, including impacts on gender-based violence and users’ physical and mental wellbeing, and whether it carried out and submitted a required ad hoc risk assessment for Grok prior to deployment, with any confirmed failures potentially constituting infringements of Articles 34, 35 and 42 of the EU Digital Services Act, while the investigation, conducted in cooperation with the Irish Digital Services Coordinator, does not prejudge the outcome and empowers the Commission to gather further evidence and take enforcement action as appropriate.