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EU Gives Google Six Months to Open Up Android and Search to Rivals

Paul Thurrott / thurrott - The European Commission (EC) announced today that Google has six months to open up Android to rival AI services.The post EU Gives Google Six Months to Open Up Android and Search to Rivals appeared first on Thurrott.com.

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EU steps in to make sure Google gives rivals access to AI services and data

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Google access for rival AI providers targeted in new DMA specification actions

5 wks / globalcompetitionreview / Bethan John

EU Orders Google to Open Android and Search Data to AI Rivals

5 wks / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

EU Gives Google Six Months to Open Up Android and Search to Rivals

5 wks / thurrott / Paul Thurrott

The EU tells Google to give external AI assistants the same access to Android as Gemini has

5 wks / engadget / Kris Holt

EU steps in to make sure Google gives rivals access to AI services and data

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EU gives Google guidelines for AI and search data under DMA

5 wks / techzine / Berry Zwets

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EU investigates X for sexual AI images made by Grok

Mels Dees / techzine - The European Union has launched a formal investigation into social media platform X for possible violations of European legislation on illegal and harmful content. The investigation was prompted by public outrage after manipulated, sexually suggestive ima…


Child Safety and Legal Crackdowns

The State-Led Crackdown on Grok and xAI Has Begun

5 wks / wired / Maddy Varner, Manisha Krishnan

‘Among the worst we’ve seen’: report slams xAI’s Grok over child safety failures

5 wks / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan


EU Probe: Oversight of Grok AI Failures

EU investigates X for sexual AI images made by Grok

5 wks / techzine / Mels Dees

EU launches DSA probe into X over Grok AI undressing fiasco

5 wks / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

EU Investigates X Over Alleged Failures to Curb Illegal Grok AI Content

5 wks / decrypt / Vismaya V


Nonconsensual Nudification Trends

Dozens of nudify apps found on Google and Apple’s app stores

5 wks / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

What It’s Like to Get Undressed by Grok

5 wks / rollingstone / John Gruber


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On Friday, a bipartisan group of 35 attorneys general published an open letter to xAI demanding it “immediately take all available additional steps to protect the public … especially the women and girls who are the overwhelming target.”

5 wks / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

The letter comes amid an international wave of regulator attention on Grok users creating intimate deepfake images of people without their consent, as well as sexualized images of children.

5 wks / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

A recent report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate estimates that during an 11-day period starting on December 29, Grok’s account on X generated around 3 million photorealistic sexualized images, including around 23,000 sexualized images of child

5 wks / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

The open letter from attorneys general, which cited WIRED’s reporting, said that Grok’s ability to create nonconsensual sexual imagery has been used as a “selling point” by xAI. Read more: www.wired.com/story/the-st...

5 wks / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

The State-Led Crackdown on Grok and xAI Has Begun. At least 37 attorneys general for US states and territories are taking action against xAI after Grok generated a flood of nonconsensual sexual images of women and minors. | WIRED www.wired.com/story/the-s

5 wks / bsky / @whodat35.bsky.social / whodat35.bsky.social

New from @regret.bsky.social and me: 35 state and territory AGs signed a letter demanding xAI remove all nonconsensual sexual images created by Grok and arguing that the company is treating them as a "selling point." www.wired.com/story/the-st..

5 wks / bsky / @manishakrishnan.bsky.social / manishakrishnan.bsky.social

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5 wks / bsky / @baileysam.bsky.social / baileysam.bsky.social

“Women are being asked to give up their bodies whenever they post a photo of themselves now.”

5 wks / bsky / @ultraviolet.bsky.social / ultraviolet.bsky.social

The EU has launched a new investigation into X to probe whether the Elon Musk-owned social media site properly assessed and mitigated risks stemming with its in-platform AI chatbot Grok.

5 wks / bsky / @siliconrepublic.bsky.social / siliconrepublic.bsky.social

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