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Elon Musk’s Grok ‘Undressing’ Problem Isn’t Fixed

Elon Musk’s Grok ‘Undressing’ Problem Isn’t Fixed

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Elon Musk’s X has introduced new restrictions stopping people from editing and generating images of real people in bikinis or other “revealing clothing.” The change in policy on Wednesday night follows global outrage at Grok being used to generate thousands of harmful non-consensual “undressing” photos of women and sexualized images of apparent minors on X. However, while it appears that some safety measures have finally been introduced to Grok’s image generation on X, the standalone Grok app and website seem to still be able to generate “undress” style images and pornographic content, according to multiple tests by researchers, WIRED, and other journalists. Other users, meanwhile, say they’re no longer to create images and videos as they once were. “We can still generate photorealistic nudity on Grok.com,” says Paul Bouchaud, the lead researcher at Paris-based nonprofit AI Forensics, who has been tracking the use of Grok to create sexualized images and ran multiple tests on Grok outside of X. “We can generate nudity in ways that Grok on X cannot.” “I could upload an image on …

X to block Grok AI from undressing images of real people | Science, Climate & Tech News

X to block Grok AI from undressing images of real people | Science, Climate & Tech News

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The Grok AI tool on Elon Musk’s X will no longer be able to undress pictures of real people, the company has announced. “We have implemented technological measures to prevent the Grok account from allowing the editing of images of real people in revealing clothing such as bikinis,” said a statement. “This restriction applies to all users, including paid subscribers.” It comes amid mounting condemnation in the UK and US of the chatbot’s image editing capabilities, with British government ministers threatening the platform with action. Sir Keir Starmer has described nonconsensual sex images produced by Grok as “disgusting” and “shameful”, and media regulator Ofcom has launched an investigation. The statement from X came hours after California announced its own state-level probe into the spread of sexualised images created by Grok, including of children. Speaking at PMQs on Wednesday, Sir Keir had suggested action by the company may be imminent, telling MPs: “I have been informed this morning that X is acting to ensure full compliance with UK law. “If so, that is welcome, but we’re …

X Didn’t Fix Grok’s ‘Undressing’ Problem. It Just Makes People Pay for It

X Didn’t Fix Grok’s ‘Undressing’ Problem. It Just Makes People Pay for It

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After creating thousands of “undressing” pictures of women and sexualized imagery of apparent minors, Elon Musk’s X has apparently limited who can generate images with Grok. However, despite the changes, the chatbot is still being used to create “undressing” sexualized images on the platform. On Friday morning, the Grok account on X started responding to some users’ requests with a message saying that image generation and editing are “currently limited to paying subscribers.” The message also includes a link pushing people towards the social media platform’s $395 annual subscription tier. In one test of the system requesting Grok create an image of a tree, the system returned the same message. The apparent change comes after days of growing outrage against and scrutiny of Musk’s X and xAI, the company behind the Grok chatbot. The companies face an increasing number of investigations from regulators around the world over the creation of nonconsensual explicit imagery and alleged sexual images of children. British prime minister Keir Starmer has not ruled out banning X in the country and said …

Grok Is Pushing AI ‘Undressing’ Mainstream

Grok Is Pushing AI ‘Undressing’ Mainstream

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Elon Musk hasn’t stopped Grok, the chatbot developed by his artificial intelligence company xAI, from generating sexualized images of women. After reports emerged last week that the image generation tool on X was being used to create sexualized images of children, Grok has created potentially thousands of nonconsensual images of women in “undressed” and “bikini” photos. Every few seconds, Grok is continuing to create images of women in bikinis or underwear in response to user prompts on X, according to a WIRED review of the chatbots’ publicly posted live output. On Tuesday, at least 90 images involving women in swimsuits and in various levels of undress were published by Grok in under five minutes, analysis of posts show. The images do not contain nudity but involve the Musk-owned chatbot “stripping” clothes from photos that have been posted to X by other users. Often, in an attempt to evade Grok’s safety guardrails, users are, not necessarily successfully, requesting photos to be edited to make women wear a “string bikini” or a “transparent bikini.” While harmful AI …