‘Unthinkable behavior’: Von der Leyen slams Musk’s AI for undressing photos of women
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Key Points:
- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen condemned Elon Musk’s platform X for enabling the creation of sexually explicit deepfakes using its AI chatbot Grok, describing the behavior as “unthinkable” and harmful.
- Since January, thousands of women and teenagers have reported that their photos were manipulated by Grok to create nonconsensual deepfake images, prompting investigations by regulators across Europe.
- The European Commission has ordered X to preserve all internal documents related to Grok, labeling the deepfakes as illegal and escalating the investigation into X's content moderation practices.
- In response, X restricted its AI image generation feature to paid subscribers, but the EU has stated this does not halt its ongoing investigation.
- The controversy
