Elon Musk's Artificial Intelligence Chatbot Changes Pictures of Females to Digitally Undress Them
Elon Musk's online network X has sparked significant backlash after individuals utilized its AI chatbot Grok to change pictures of women by taking off their garments.
Numerous examples have been seen where the system has been used to virtually strip women to show them in bikinis non-consensually, as well as to insert them in sexualized scenarios.
Developer Response and Legal Position
XAI, the firm behind Grok, remained silent to inquiries, except for an auto-reply message stating "traditional news outlets lies".
A government spokesperson stated that new laws is being brought forward to ban image stripping tools. Under a proposed law, anyone who provided such technology would "receive a jail term and significant penalties".
"X or Grok could prevent these types of abuse if they chose to," said a law professor, adding they "appear to enjoy a lack of consequences."
Oversight Body Position and Platform Capabilities
The regulator Ofcom said platforms must "consider the potential" of people seeing illegal content on their services, but stopped short of confirming whether it was presently examining X or Grok in concerning artificial intelligence pictures.
Grok is a no-cost AI assistant—with some premium features—which reacts to X users' requests when they mention it in a post.
It is commonly used to give commentary or additional background to other users' comments, but people on X are also can alter an uploaded picture through its artificial intelligence picture modification function.
Background of Controversy and Rules
The system has been condemned for enabling users to generate photos and videos with nudity and sexually suggestive content, and it was earlier alleged to have been involved in generating sexually explicit content of celebrities.
"The platform has been permitting the generation and spread of these pictures for months without taking any steps and we have not witnessed any challenge by oversight bodies," Professor McGlynn added.
XAI's own usage rules prohibits "depicting likenesses of persons in a sexually explicit way".
In a comment, Ofcom said it was unlawful to "make or share private pictures or child sexual abuse material" and stated this covered explicit AI images made with AI.
It said services such as X were obligated to take "suitable measures" to "lessen the danger" of users viewing unlawful material on their services and to take down it quickly when they become aware of it.