Overview
- Musk, who was called for a voluntary interview on Monday, may skip the session but prosecutors say the investigation will proceed.
- The Paris cybercrime probe now covers alleged algorithm manipulation, fraudulent data extraction, Grok‑generated sexual deepfakes, Holocaust denial and suspected complicity in distributing child abuse images.
- U.S. Justice Department help was reportedly refused in a letter described by the Wall Street Journal, while Paris prosecutors said they had no knowledge of such a letter and stressed judicial independence.
- Prosecutors told U.S. authorities in March that the Grok deepfake furor may have been engineered to lift the value of X and xAI ahead of a planned listing, a claim they flagged for possible SEC review.
- Former CEO Linda Yaccarino and other staff are due for witness interviews this week, and watchdog data cited by investigators said Grok produced about three million sexualized images in 11 days, including thousands that appeared to depict children.