New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced on Tuesday the launch of a formal inquiry into social media platform X's AI chatbot, Grok, regarding personal data handling and its capacity to generate harmful sexualized imagery and video, specifically involving minors.

The DPC serves as X's primary EU regulator because the American firm's European headquarters are located in Ireland.

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the commission has the authority to impose penalties up to 4% of a corporation's total global earnings.

X was officially notified of the probe on Monday, according to a DPC statement.

The investigation aims to determine whether X complied with its GDPR obligations regarding th...