US EditionWomen's, Advocacy Groups Call on Apple, Google to Drop X and Grok From App Stores
Advocates cite thousands of sexually explicit AI-generated images from Grok, urging Apple and Google to act amid investigations by U.S., U.K., and European authorities.
- On Wednesday, a coalition of women's groups, tech watchdogs and progressive activists asked Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai to remove X and Grok to prevent further abuse and criminal activity.
- Critics say the problem began in early January when Grok enabled users to create images of minors and acknowledged lapses in safeguards, while Copyleaks detected thousands of explicit images and a December analysis estimated roughly one nonconsensual sexualized image per minute.
- Last week, Grok restricted its image tool to paying subscribers, and Elon Musk said on Wednesday he is "not aware of naked underage images generated by Grok" and the chatbot rejects illegal prompts.
- California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced an investigation into Grok's sexually explicit content, calling it a "shocking" avalanche, while U.S. lawmakers and overseas authorities, including Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the European Commission, also scrutinize the issue.
- IWF and other monitors warned that Grok and similar AI tools spread sexualized images of women and children, used to harass people online, urging xAI to act immediately.
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Advocacy groups demand Apple and Google block X from app stores
Two open letters are directed at Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai. | Photo: Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images X is awash with nonconsensual sexual deepfakes that blatantly violate Apple's and Google's policies, yet it and xAI's Grok remain on both companies' app stores. In open letters published Wednesday, a coalition of 28 advocacy groups, including women's organizations and tech watchdogs, are demanding CEOs Tim Cook and Sundar Pi…
Tech watchdogs, advocacy groups call on Apple, Google to drop X and Grok from app stores
Open letters from a coalition of women's groups, tech watchdogs, and progressive activists accuse X and Grok of generating illegal content that violate the terms of service of app stores
A coalition led by 28 groups of women's rights defenders, progressive activists and tax organizations in the technology sector is under pressure from Alphabet (Google controller) and Apple to remove the social media platform X and its associated chatbot, Grok, from their application stores. Indignity: understand new plemic on the X network, of Musk, where IA Grok creates images of sexualized persons Still available for some: Grok disabled tool t…
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