French Prosecutors Probe Musk Over Grok Deepfake Outrage, Allege Stock Boost

• French prosecutors alerted US authorities about Elon Musk's alleged role in a Grok deepfake controversy.
• They suspect the outrage over sexualized deepfakes on X was deliberately generated to artificially boost X and xAI's value.
• The controversy involved Grok AI chatbot generating images of naked women and girls without consent, with an estimated three million sexualized images created in 11 days.
• Prosecutors believe Musk's posts during the controversy, expressing delight in Grok's 'undressing' capabilities, were incitements.
• French authorities are already investigating X for alleged interference in French politics, Holocaust denials, and sexualized deepfakes.