Nine Reuters reporters gave it a series of prompts to determine whether and under what circumstances the chatbot would generate nonconsensual sexualized images.

It was last year that Musk combined Twitter with xAI, the business behind his Grok AI chatbot, valuing the social media site at $30bn. The world’s richest man then revealed plans on Monday to merge his emboldened xAI business with his rocket company, SpaceX.

France's cybercrime unit carried out the raid as part of a broader crackdown on alleged abuse and the dissemination of illegal content on social media platforms.

Elon Musk’s flagship artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, continues to generate sexualized images of people even when users explicitly warn that the subjects do not consent.

French prosecutors have raided the Paris offices of social media platform X and summoned its owner, billionaire Elon Musk, for questioning as part of a widening investigation into alleged cybercrime linked to the platform’s operations. Prosecutors said the search was being conducted by multiple law enforcement bodies.

By Echo Wang and Joey Roulette Feb 2 (Reuters) - Elon Musk said on Monday that SpaceX has acquired his artificial-intelligence startup xAI in a record-setting deal that unifies Musk's AI and space ambitions by combining the rocket-and-satellite company with the maker of the Grok chatbot.

SpaceX, the rocket and satellite maker led by Elon Musk, said on Monday it had acquired xAI, the artificial intelligence company controlled by Mr. Musk, a sweeping move to consolidate his business empire as it faces questions about the cost of its A.I. ambitions.

Elon Musk’s flagship artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, continues to generate sexualised images of people even when users explicitly warn that the subjects do not consent, Reuters has found. After Musk’s social media company X announced new curbs on Grok’s public output,