"Elon Musk, owner of the X social network and the Grok artificial intelligence (AI) platform, which allowed users to create and recreate sexualized and violent images of women and girls, has decided to limit the application's ability to generate and edit audiovisual material. This comes amid a flood of complaints about violations of the right to one's own image, privacy, and honor, as well as threats of bans from numerous governments, including those of France and Spain."
"Musk announced the measure on his own social network, although he has left the application's capabilities available to paying subscribers. The furor first erupted when British book influencer and emerging writer Beth Eleanor posted a picture of herself on X that had become a meme. It showed her turning to look at the camera, in a large library, and giving a thumbs-up."
"The following day, December 28, an AI consultant with 100,000 followers on X reposted the post, asking Grok to change her clothes for a bikini. Grok is the artificial intelligence model integrated into X. The AI carried out the request to the letter. A couple of days later, that order went viral and sparked a trend that highlights the vulnerability of thousands of women to sexist attacks enabled by the combination of social media and AI."
"The ability to create pornographic videos of women without their consent, as well as images simulating assaults and femicides, spread rapidly at the end of last year, outpacing the ability of regulatory bodies to prevent it. Eleanor complained publicly on X: How is this ok? If I wanted people to see me in a bikini, I'd post it myself not have some shit AI generate [a] version."
Elon Musk restricted Grok's ability to generate and edit audiovisual material after Grok enabled creation and recreation of sexualized and violent images of women and girls. The move followed a surge of complaints about violations of image rights, privacy, and honor, plus threats of bans from governments including France and Spain. Musk announced the limitation while keeping some capabilities for paying subscribers. The controversy began when Beth Eleanor's photo was transformed into a bikini image after an AI consultant's request went viral. Non-consensual pornographic videos and simulated assault images spread rapidly, outpacing regulatory responses and exposing widespread vulnerability.
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