India, Jan. 9 -- The ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) is seeking legal opinion for action against X over obscene and sexually explicit content generated using its AI tool Grok, people aware of the matter said.

On January 2, MeitY wrote a letter to X flagging what it called serious failures in preventing such content, warning that continued non-compliance could lead to the loss of legal protection under the Indian law.

An official said the "opposite side" is very big and powerful, which is why their stand has to be unambiguous. "The law of the land must prevail," said the official, adding that the same approach would apply to other platforms if their AI bots generate unlawful content. "In Grok's case, the impact...