NEW DELHI, Jan. 6 -- India's notice to X over Elon Musk's artificial intelligence (AI) platform Grok has sharpened the spotlight on how Big Tech platforms comply with Indian law, particularly around sexual content and AI-generated imagery.

A Mint review of usage practices and public policies across X, Google's Gemini and OpenAI's ChatGPT found that safeguards on such content are not uniform across companies.

As MeitY's notice put X under scrutiny, policy and AI experts pointed to a key policy gap that appears to have placed Grok in the government's firing line even as other platforms have so far avoided similar action.

On 2 January, the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) issued a notice to X seeking details on h...