Irish Data Protection Commission opens investigation into X

The Irish Data Protection Commission has announced that it has opened an inquiry into X Internet Unlimited Company under section 110 of the Data Protection Act 2018. The inquiry concerns the apparent creation, and publication on the X platform, of potentially harmful, non-consensual intimate and/or sexualized images, containing or otherwise involving the processing of personal data of EU/EEA data subjects, including children, using generative artificial intelligence functionality associated with the Grok large language model within the X platform. The decision to commence the inquiry was notified to XIUC on Monday 16 February. The purpose of the inquiry is to determine whether XIUC has complied with its obligations under the GDPR. Deputy Commissioner Graham Doyle said: “The DPC has been engaging with XIUC since media reports first emerged a number of weeks ago concerning the alleged ability of X users to prompt the @Grok account on X to generate sexualized images of real people, including children. As the Lead Supervisory Authority for XIUC across the EU/EEA, the DPC has commenced a large-scale inquiry which will examine XIUC’s compliance with some of their fundamental obligations under the GDPR in relation to the matters at hand.”

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