--- title: Ireland's data regulator opens investigation into X’s Grok description: Ireland's Data Protection Commission has opened a GDPR investigation into X's Grok AI chatbot after reports it generated non-consensual intimate images of real... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ireland-s-data-regulator-opens-investigation-into-x-s-grok-58svxj6gp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Ireland's data regulator opens investigation into X’s Grok | daily.dev og:description: Ireland's Data Protection Commission has opened a GDPR investigation into X's Grok AI chatbot after reports it generated non-consensual intimate images of real... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ireland-s-data-regulator-opens-investigation-into-x-s-grok-58svxj6gp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/58SVxj6gP.png og:image:alt: Ireland's data regulator opens investigation into X’s Grok og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Ireland's data regulator opens investigation into X’s Grok **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Ireland's Data Protection Commission has opened a GDPR investigation into X's Grok AI chatbot after reports it generated non-consensual intimate images of real people, including children. The probe examines whether X violated data processing principles, lawfulness requirements, and data protection impact assessment obligations. Ireland joins the European Commission, UK regulators (ICO and Ofcom), Australia, Canada, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and France in investigating the platform. X initially restricted Grok's image generation to paid users, then disabled it entirely for all users. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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