Europe’s Clash With Musk’s xAI Escalates on Grok’s Rants (1)

The clash between Elon Musk’s xAI empire and European officials is intensifying with leaders in Poland and Germany calling for more aggressive action against the company.

German lawmaker Ralf Stegner, responding to antisemitic comments that xAI’s chatbot Grok made Tuesday on X, said the posts “must not be tolerated under any circumstances” and called for sanctions in an interview with the German newspaper Handelsblatt. Poland’s government separately urged the European Union to investigate and possibly fine xAI following lewd comments made by Grok about the country’s politicians.

The EU is already investigating Musk’s social media platform under a ...