Elon Musk’s xAI failed to install safeguards before launching AI chatbot Grok’s image-generation tool, said privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne, but there’s little the commissioner’s office can do to quickly block the sexually abusive material it says the platform is still spewing. (The Logic) 

Talking point: At one point, Grok was generating more than 6,000 sexualized images per hour, Dufresne said. The platform has since reduced that by half, but even one such image is unacceptable, he said. xAI—a subsidiary of SpaceX, which is in the midst of a record-breaking IPO—did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Short of taking the company to court, Dufresne said he won’t be able to stop the spread of sexually explicit deepfakes. The government spoke out against disturbing AI-generated images appearing on the site last year, and on Wednesday tabled plans for a new digital regulator that could impose heavy fines on companies that host harmful content. Dufresne has asked for similar powers when the government revamps its privacy laws.