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X Offices Raided in France, UK Opens Investigation into Grok AI
French authorities raided the offices of Elon Musk's social media platform X as part of an investigation into suspected offenses, including unlawful data extraction and complicity in the possession of child pornography, according to the BBC. The Paris prosecutor's cyber-crime unit conducted the raid, and both Musk and former X CEO Linda Yaccarino have been summoned to appear at hearings in April.
In a separate development, the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) announced a probe into Musk's AI tool, Grok, the BBC reported. The ICO is investigating Grok over its "potential to produce harmful sexualised image and video content."
X has not yet responded to either investigation, the BBC noted. The BBC stated that it has approached X for comment but has not yet received a response.
The investigations come amid other news from around the globe. In Italy, church and government officials have launched an investigation into claims that the face of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was painted on an angel during the restoration of a fresco in Rome, according to the BBC. Italy's culture ministry has sent officers to inspect the artwork in a chapel of the Basilica of St Lawrence in Lucina. The Diocese of Rome expressed its "disappointment" and said it would determine who had been responsible, the BBC reported. The artist, Bruno Valentinetti, denied modeling the angel after the prime minister, stating he had simply restored the fresco he painted in 2000.
Meanwhile, a government-commissioned review in the UK found that Britain’s national parks are perceived as "white" and unwelcoming, Fox News reported. The report stated, "The countryside is seen by both black, Asian and minority ethnic groups and white people as very much a white environment." Authorities overseeing the landscapes are launching targeted outreach programs aimed at ethnic minority communities. The report also stated, "We are all paying for national landscapes through our taxes, and yet sometimes on our visits it has felt as if National Parks are an exclusive, mainly white, mainly middleclass club, with rules only member."
In the United States, a new analysis by the nonprofit organization Class Action found that the Supreme Court ruling in 2023 banning race-conscious college admissions led to declines in Black and Latino admissions at highly selective universities, the NY Times reported. At the nation's top 50 most selective schools, Black freshmen enrollment was down by 27 percent and Latino enrollment down by 10 percent. However, overall freshmen enrollment of underrepresented minority groups increased by 8 percent at public flagship universities, according to the analysis. Class Action concludes that those schools were among institutions that benefited as a result of higher rejection rates for Black and Hispanic students at the nations 50 most selective schools.
In other health news, a report by World Health Organization (WHO) scientists estimates that 37% of cancers are caused by infections, lifestyle choices, and environmental pollutants that could be avoided, according to the BBC. The researchers said their report showed there is a "powerful opportunity" to transform the lives of millions of people. The report estimates that seven million people's cancer could be prevented each year.
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