IWF finds sexual imagery of children which 'appears to have been' made by Grok

IWF finds sexual imagery of children which 'appears to have been' made by Grok

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Key Points:

  • The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) discovered criminal imagery of girls aged 11 to 13, which appears to have been created using Grok, an AI tool owned by Elon Musk's firm xAI.
  • The IWF found sexualized and topless images of girls on a dark web forum where users claimed to have used Grok to generate the content, though the images were not found on the social media platform X.
  • The IWF expressed concern about the ease and speed with which photo-realistic child sexual abuse material (CSAM) can be generated using AI tools like Grok, highlighting the risk of such content becoming mainstream.
  • X and xAI have been contacted by regulators and have stated they take action against