It sucks to be Elon Musk. He’s already been slapped by the EU for not adhering to the Digital Markets Act, and he’s been under fire for the fact that his AI chatbot Grok creates content that is objectionable content. Here’s how that played out:
That takes us to today. The EU has clearly had enough with Elon’s antics and have opened an investigation into Grok and Twitter/X:
The European Commission has launched a new formal investigation against X under the Digital Services Act (DSA). In parallel, the Commission extended its ongoing investigation launched in December 2023 into X’s compliance with its recommender systems risk management obligations.
The new investigation will assess whether the company properly assessed and mitigated risks associated with the deployment of Grok’s functionalities into X in the EU. This includes risks related to the dissemination of illegal content in the EU, such as manipulated sexually explicit images, including content that may amount to child sexual abuse material.
These risks seem to have materialised, exposing citizens in the EU to serious harm. In light of this, the Commission will further investigate whether X complies with its DSA obligations to:
- Diligently assess and mitigate systemic risks, including of the dissemination of illegal content, negative effects in relation to gender-based violence, and serious negative consequences to physical and mental well-being stemming from deployments of Grok’s functionalities into its platform.
- Conduct and transmit to the Commission an ad hoc risk assessment report for Grok’s functionalities in the X service with a critical impact on X’s risk profile prior to their deployment.
It’s a safe bet that this will not end well for Elon because when you mess with the EU, the EU tends to make life miserable for you. And it will also be a safe bet that Elon with whine and moan about how unfair this is. But let’s face facts. Elon created this situation by his cavalier attitude towards common decency. And as a result, this very troubled man is likely now in the “find out” phase.
Like I said at the start of this, it sucks to be Elon Musk.
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Elon Musk Is Likely In Deep Trouble As Grok Is Under Investigation By The EU
It sucks to be Elon Musk. He’s already been slapped by the EU for not adhering to the Digital Markets Act, and he’s been under fire for the fact that his AI chatbot Grok creates content that is objectionable content. Here’s how that played out:
That takes us to today. The EU has clearly had enough with Elon’s antics and have opened an investigation into Grok and Twitter/X:
The European Commission has launched a new formal investigation against X under the Digital Services Act (DSA). In parallel, the Commission extended its ongoing investigation launched in December 2023 into X’s compliance with its recommender systems risk management obligations.
The new investigation will assess whether the company properly assessed and mitigated risks associated with the deployment of Grok’s functionalities into X in the EU. This includes risks related to the dissemination of illegal content in the EU, such as manipulated sexually explicit images, including content that may amount to child sexual abuse material.
These risks seem to have materialised, exposing citizens in the EU to serious harm. In light of this, the Commission will further investigate whether X complies with its DSA obligations to:
It’s a safe bet that this will not end well for Elon because when you mess with the EU, the EU tends to make life miserable for you. And it will also be a safe bet that Elon with whine and moan about how unfair this is. But let’s face facts. Elon created this situation by his cavalier attitude towards common decency. And as a result, this very troubled man is likely now in the “find out” phase.
Like I said at the start of this, it sucks to be Elon Musk.
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