Elon Musk¡¯s company xAI has faced global backlash in recent days over sexualized ¡°deepfake¡± images of women and children created by its Grok chatbot.

Here are the essential facts about the scandal, how governments have responded and the company¡¯s attempts to cool the controversy.

Grok ¡ª Musk¡¯s version of the chatbots also offered by OpenAI and other generative AI companies ¡ª has its own account on the X social media network allowing users to interact with it.