California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Wednesday that he is launching an investigation into xAI and Grok after the Grok artificial intelligence model produced sexualized images of women and children.

While the UK probe continues, Bonta has not made clear yet what laws he suspects X may be violating in the US. However, he emphasized that images with victims depicted in “minimal clothing” crossed a line, as well as images putting children in sexual positions.

Grok faces mounting scrutiny from government officials and advocacy groups after people used the AI chatbot to create sexualized images of minors and women.

Gov. Gavin Newsom said “vile” images of women and children prompted the probe of Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company.

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI said late on Wednesday it imposed restrictions on all users of its Grok AI chatbot that limit image editing after the service produced sexualized images that sparked concerns among global regulators.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta's investigation comes amid a growing backlash to xAI and its Grok chatbot.

The use of the AI tool to digitally undress women has sparked a backlash as well as intervention from the government and regulator.

Grok, the controversial AI chatbot native to Elon Musk's X, is creating an "unprecedented" number of non-consensual, lewd images on an hourly basis, according to a third-party analysis reviewed by Bloomberg. Musk's xAI introduced Grok in late 2023, but the chatbot's so-called "spicy mode" didn't debut until last August.