Elon Musk’s X down for tens of thousands of users – live updates
Musk’s chatbot Grok also seemingly affected by outagepublished at 16:59 GMT
Liv McMahon
Technology reporter
The issues affecting X this afternoon have also seemingly been impacting Grok.
Grok is Elon Musk’s chatbot that replies to users on his social media platform and can generate text and images in its own app and site.
There were more than 2,000 reports from Grok users flagging issues to Downdetector.com – its portal for users outside the UK.
Why has Grok been in the news this week?
The issues facing X today come amid a week of intense scrutiny for Musk, X and indeed Grok after the tool was used to generate sexualised deepfake imagery of people on the social media platform.
The UK government had said it would support the regulator Ofcom in investigating the firm and using its “full powers” – including potentially seeking to ban the platform – to hold the company to account.
Despite X outlining measures to stop Grok editing images of real women to present them in bikinis or revealing clothing on its platform, Ofcom is still investigating if it broke UK law.
Ashley St Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk’s children, has also since sued his firm xAI over sexualised deepfakes of her created on X.
