After criticism of the recent possibility of creating revealing images of minors, among others, with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok has admitted errors.
A post on Platform “The distribution of child pornographic material is illegal and prohibited,” the AI stated. The AI chatbot caused outrage among X users and massive criticism by generating suggestive photos.
Users can currently ask Grok to generate revealing images of people. Boundaries were also crossed: On New Year’s Eve, the chatbot apologized for creating and sharing a picture of two teenage girls “in sexualized outfits.” “This was a failure of our security measures and I apologize for any harm caused,” Grok wrote on X.
Another post explained that there had been “isolated” cases “in which users requested and received AI-generated images of minors in skimpy clothing.”
According to media reports, women are also said to be affected by so-called deepfakes. According to Politico, the Paris public prosecutor’s office is now investigating the spread of sexualized deepfakes. Accordingly, two French MPs turned to the public prosecutor’s office after thousands of deepfakes were created by Grok.
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