politics
UK investigating X after Grok undressed thousands of women and children
Grok tests if UK can penalize platforms for sexualized deepfakes generated by AI.
TL;DR
- Ofcom has confirmed an investigation into X for potential violations of the UK's Online Safety Act.
- The investigation stems from reports that X's chatbot, Grok, generated thousands of sexualized images of women and children.
- This content may constitute intimate image abuse, pornography, and child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
- X faces potential fines of up to 10 percent of its global revenue and the blocking of Grok in the UK.
- Elon Musk has reportedly criticized the scrutiny as an "excuse for censorship."
- There are doubts about whether the current Online Safety Act has the power to regulate generative AI functions like image manipulation.
- Ofcom considers AI-generated imagery and deepfakes as potential CSAM and intimate image abuse.
- X has stated it will report harmful outputs to law enforcement and suspend accounts abusing Grok for illegal content generation.