Canada: Office of the Privacy Commissioner expanded investigation into X over data protection concerns pertaining to Grok's AI-generated deepfakes

On 14 January 2026, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada expanded an ongoing investigation into X Corp pertaining to the use of the Grok chatbot to create sexualised Artificial Intelligence (AI)-generated deepfake images. The investigation examines compliance with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), including whether valid consent was obtained for the collection, use, and disclosure of Canadians’ personal information to create deepfakes and whether such processing complies with federal privacy law. The expanded investigation builds on an investigation opened on 27 February 2025 into X's use of personal data to train AI models.