US EditionElon Musk's Grok Curtails Image Editing After Backlash over Digital Undressing Claims
Elon Musk's xAi restricted Grok's image editing of revealing photos after concerns over nonconsensual intimate images; features now limited to paid subscribers and geoblocked in some regions.
- On Wednesday, xAi's Grok will no longer edit images of real people in revealing clothing after intense pressure from users and critics.
- An explosion in Grok use showed how willing some users are to commit technology-facilitated sexual violence, while Aontí leader Peadar Tíobín warned other unnamed apps enable 'nudifying' images.
- The X Safety team account said it implemented technological measures to block the Grok account from editing images of real people in revealing clothing and limited image tools to paid subscribers with geoblocking where edits are illegal.
- Several countries have moved against Grok, with Malaysia and Indonesia blocking access and Brazil calling for an investigation, while California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Ofcom continue probes.
- Advocates warned geoblocking can be bypassed with VPNs, and Niamh Smyth said in the Dáil, `It is illegal in this country to create these images, to possess these images, to disseminate these images and share these images.
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Winston-Salem JournalMusk claims AI bot will follow the law
BANGKOK — Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok won't be able to edit photos to portray real people in revealing clothing in places where that is illegal, according to a statement posted on X.
The avalanche of criticism prompted the X platform to change Grok's rules, but the undressing of women continues elsewhere, writes Johanna Vehkoo, a journalist on the verification team.
Dozens of organizations promoting women's and children's rights have written an open letter to the CEOs of Google and Apple, calling on them to remove the X platform and its associated chatbot, Grok, from their app stores, Reuters reports. The open letter follows the Grok scandal, which saw people using it to generate harmful images of women and children.
X Tightens Grok AI Controls After Image Abuse Reports
Elon Musk’s social media platform X has announced a series of changes to its AI chatbot Grok, aiming to prevent the creation of nonconsensual sexualized images, including content that critics and authorities say amounts to child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The announcement was made Wednesday via X’s official Safety account, following weeks of growing scrutiny over Grok AI’s image-generation capabilities and reports of nonconsensual sexualized …
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