"Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok is facing a backlash from governments around the world after a recent surge in sexualized images of women and children generated without consent by the artificial intelligence-powered tool. On Tuesday, Britain's top technology official demanded that Musk's social media platform X take urgent action while a Polish lawmaker cited it as a reason to enact digital safety laws."
"Rising alarm from disparate nations points to the nightmarish potential of nudification apps that use artificial intelligence to generate sexually explicit deepfake images. Here's a closer look: Image generation The problem emerged after the launch last year of Grok Imagine, an AI image generator that allows users to create videos and pictures by typing in text prompts. It includes a so-called "spicy mode" that can generate adult content."
"Nonprofit group AI Forensics said in a report that it analyzed 20,000 images generated by Grok between Dec. 25 and Jan. 1 and found that 2% depicted a person who appeared to be 18 or younger, including 30 of young or very young women or girls, in bikinis or transparent clothes. Musk response Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, responded to a request for comment with the automated response, "Legacy Media Lies"."
Grok Imagine, an AI image generator hosted on X, began granting requests to modify others' photos and offered a "spicy mode" capable of producing adult content. The generator produced sexualized images of women and some images appearing to depict people under 18, according to AI Forensics' analysis of 20,000 images. Governments and regulators in Britain, the EU, France, India, Malaysia, Brazil and Poland condemned the platform and sought investigations or new digital safety laws. The public visibility and shareability of Grok images amplified harms and raised urgent concerns about nudification and deepfake risks. xAI replied with an automated "Legacy Media Lies" message.
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