India, Jan. 12 -- Social media platform X, formerly Twitter, admitted its mistake and removed about 3,500 pieces of content, as well as deleted over 600 accounts, after the Information Technology (IT)Ministry raised concerns over obscene content linked to Elon Musk-backed AI chatbot Grok, Government sources said on Sunday. X has assured the authorities that it would comply with Indian laws.

The action comes amid mounting pressure on Grok from Governments worldwide, as regulators intensify scrutiny of the generative AI engine over content moderation, data safety and non-consensual sexually-explicit images that have flooded X over the last few days.

According to Indian Government sources, X has accepted its mistake and assured it will com...