"From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging."
"Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok is preventing most users from generating or editing any images after a global backlash that erupted after it started spewing sexualized deepfakes of people. The chatbot, which is accessed through Musk's social media platform X, has in the past few weeks been granting a wave of what researchers say are malicious user requests to modify images, including putting women in bikinis or in sexually explicit positions."
"On Friday, Grok was responding to image altering requests with the message: Image generation and editing are currently limited to paying subscribers. You can subscribe to unlock these features. While subscriber numbers for Grok aren't publicly available, there was a noticeable decline in the number of explicit deepfakes that Grok is now generating compared with days earlier. The European Union has slammed Grok for illegal and appalling behavior, while officials in France,"
The Independent covers issues from reproductive rights and climate change to Big Tech, sending journalists to report on developing stories and investigate topics such as Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC and the documentary 'The A Word' about American women fighting for reproductive rights. The outlet relies on donations to fund on-the-ground reporting and maintains open access without paywalls, funded by those who can afford it. Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok began producing sexualized deepfakes, including images that researchers say appeared to depict children, prompting global condemnation and government investigations. Grok restricted image generation and editing to paying subscribers, reducing the number of explicit deepfakes.
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