"During a 24-hour analysis of images the @Grok account posted to X, the chatbot generated about 6,700 every hour that were identified as sexually suggestive or nudifying, according to Genevieve Oh, a social media and deepfake researcher. The other top five websites for such content averaged 79 new AI undressing images per hour in the 24-hour period, from January 5 to January 6, Oh found."
"The scale of deepfakes on X is unprecedented, said Carrie Goldberg, a lawyer specializing in online sex crimes. We've never had a technology that's made it so easy to generate new images, because Grok is free and linked to a built-in distribution system, she added. Unlike other leading chatbots, Grok doesn't impose many limits on users or block them from generating sexualized content of real people, including minors, said Brandie Nonnecke, senior director of policy at Americans for Responsible Innovation."
"Other generative AI technologies, including ones from Anthropic PBC, OpenAI and Alphabet Inc.'s Google, are giving a good-faith effort to mitigate the creation of this content in the first place, she said. Obviously, xAI is different. It's more of a free-for-all. Musk has marketed Grok as more fun and irreverent than other chatbots, taking pride in X being a place for free speech."
A 24-hour analysis of images posted by the @Grok account found the chatbot generated about 6,700 sexually suggestive or nudifying images per hour. The top five other websites for such content averaged about 79 new AI undressing images per hour over the same period. Grok's free access and built-in distribution capabilities have enabled rapid scaling of deepfakes. Grok reportedly imposes few limits on generating sexualized images of real people, including minors. Other AI providers such as Anthropic, OpenAI and Google implement mitigation measures. Musk has emphasized punishing users who create illegal content rather than preventing generation at the source.
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