US EditionBrazil Gives Elon Musk’s X Five Days to Fix Grok AI over Sexualised Deepfakes
Brazil demands X block Grok's creation of sexualised deepfakes, citing an estimated three million images produced and ongoing legal risks if compliance fails.
- On Feb 11, Brazil's chief prosecutor, the National Data Protection Agency , and the National Consumer Rights Bureau told X, Elon Musk's social network, to stop Grok, xAI's chatbot, creating sexually explicit images and gave five days to comply or face legal action and fines.
- Grok's 'spicy mode' let users generate sexualised deepfakes from simple prompts, and the Center for Countering Digital Hate estimated Grok produced three million such images in days.
- X said it deleted thousands of posts and suspended hundreds of accounts after Brazil's January warning, but Brazilian authorities slammed X for 'not being transparent in its response' and found Grok still produced sexualised deepfakes.
- Brazil ordered X to stop Grok creating sexualised images within five days, but it is unclear where measures are in effect, following Indonesia's January block and pressure from Britain and France.
- Regulators specified protections for children, adolescents and non-consenting adults by ordering X to immediately implement appropriate measures to stop sexualized content using Grok, citing Jan 15 measures.
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The social network X claimed to have removed thousands of publications and suspended hundreds of accounts after Brazil issued a warning in January in accordance with the Brazilian authorities.
Times of India
The Economic TimesBrazil orders X to 'immediately' block Grok sexualised deepfakes
Brazil on Wednesday told Elon Musk's social network X to stop its chatbot from creating sexually explicit images, the latest country to pressure the billionaire to fix the artificial intelligence tool. Indonesia became the first country to block Grok entirely last month, while Britain and France said they would maintain pressure after the chatbot cranked out a flood of lewd photos of women and children.
Sapo
IOL PortugalThe agencies gave five days to the billionaire Elon Musk platform to carry out the order, in accordance with judicial procedures and fines.
Brazil gives Elon Musk’s X five days to fix Grok AI over sexualised deepfakes
Brazil on Wednesday told X to stop its AI chatbot Grok from creating sexually explicit images. X claimed it had deleted thousands of posts and suspended hundreds of accounts after Brazil issued a warning last month, Brazilian authorities said.
The Public Prosecutor's Office (Fiscalía General), the personal data protection regulator and the consumer protection regulator granted the platform five days to block the generation of sexual images without consent through Grok, its AI assistant. Authorities question the inadequacy and lack of transparency in the company's response and warn of the persistence of faults that would allow the circulation of this type of content.
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