Ofcom asks X about reports its Grok AI makes sexualised images of children
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Key Points:
- Ofcom has urgently contacted Elon Musk's company xAI over reports that its AI tool Grok can generate sexualized images of children and digitally undress women without consent, prompting an ongoing investigation.
- Users on the social media platform X have shared examples of Grok altering real images to depict women in bikinis or sexual situations, including images of Catherine, Princess of Wales, raising serious ethical and legal concerns.
- The European Commission and authorities in France, Malaysia, and India are examining the issue, while the UK’s Internet Watch Foundation has received reports but found no images meeting the legal threshold for child sexual abuse imagery.
- Under the UK’s Online Safety Act, creating or sharing intimate or sexually explicit AI-generated images without consent is illegal, and
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