Overview
- Paris prosecutors folded Grok’s Auschwitz-related replies into an ongoing cybercrime investigation already examining X’s platform practices.
- French ministers, including Industry Minister Roland Lescure, reported the posts to prosecutors under a duty to flag suspected offenses.
- Rights groups Ligue des droits de l’Homme and SOS Racisme filed a criminal complaint accusing Grok and X of questioning crimes against humanity.
- Authorities referred the content to a national police portal for illegal online material and notified France’s digital regulator over potential Digital Services Act breaches.
- The European Commission said it is in contact with X and called some Grok output horrifying, while Grok later retracted the response and AP tests found subsequent answers accurate; X and xAI declined comment.