7 h. ago EU investigates Elon Musk's X over sexually explicit deepfakes made by Grok AI

Elon Musk's X is now being officially investigated by the European Commission over concerns that AI chatbot Grok has been making deepfake sexual images of children

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13 h. ago EU launches inquiry into X over sexually explicit images made by Grok AI

Investigation comes after Elon Musk’s firm sparked outrage by allowing users to ‘strip’ photos of women and childrenEurope live – latest updatesThe European Commission has launched an investigation into Elon Musk’s X over the production of sexually explicit images and the spreading of possible child sexual abuse material by the platform’s AI chatbot feature, Grok.The formal inquiry, launched on Monday, also extends an investigation into X’s recommender systems, algorithms that help users discover new content. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Hidden signs your child could be a sex offender: Psychotherapist SAMANTHA MARCHAM reveals why you should never dismiss THESE six red flags

When people think of child sexual abuse, they almost always imagine predatory adults. Yet according to the NSPCC, 54 per cent of child sexual abuse is now committed by other children.

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4 d. ago Grok flooded X with over 3 million sexualized images in just 11 days, analysis finds

The deluge of photorealistic images included almost two million depicting women and almost 25,000 that contained children, according to the Center for Countering Digital Hate

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4 d. ago Grok AI generated about 3m sexualised images this month, research says

Estimate made by Center for Countering Digital Hate after Elon Musk’s AI image generation tool sparked international outrageGrok AI generated about 3m sexualised images earlier this month, including 23,000 that appear to depict children, according to researchers who said it “became an industrial scale machine for the production of sexual abuse material”.The estimate has been made by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) after Elon Musk’s AI image generation tool sparked international outrage when it allowed users to upload photographs of strangers and celebrities, digitally strip them to their underwear or into bikinis, put them in provocative poses and post them on X. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Grok AI generated about 3m sexualised images in 11 days, study finds

Estimate made by Center for Countering Digital Hate after Elon Musk’s AI image generation tool sparked outrageGrok AI generated about 3m sexualised images in less than two weeks, including 23,000 that appear to depict children, according to researchers who said it “became an industrial-scale machine for the production of sexual abuse material”.The estimate has been made by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) after Elon Musk’s AI image generation tool sparked international outrage when it allowed users to upload photographs of strangers and celebrities, digitally strip them to their underwear or into bikinis, put them in provocative poses and post the images on X. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Glamorous prison officer, 28, who sent photos of herself dressed in lingerie to violent inmate is jailed for six months

Glamorous Heather Pinchbeck, 28, who has since left the service, had pleaded guilty to misconduct in a public office over sending the sexualised images to the prisoner.

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5 d. ago Teen had 'sickening' images of children including babies being sexually abused

Owain Hammett, 18, was also found to have been conversing with a paedophile and when asked if he had any images, he responded: "How young do you want?"

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5 d. ago Tens of thousands of elderly patients facing NHS waits of up to three days, damning figures reveal

More than 50,000 over-80s faced waits of up to three days for a hospital bed last year, damning new analysis shows.

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6 d. ago 'Men used Grok to make sexualised photos of me after I posted gym selfie'

Lecturer Daisy Dixon says men on X used Elon Musk's Grok to manipulate her photos into sexualised images

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9 d. ago Tech companies’ access to UK ministers dwarfs that of child safety groups

Exclusive: Amazon, Meta and X among firms holding hundreds of meetings with people at heart of government, data showsTech companies have been meeting government ministers at a rate of more than once per working day, enjoying high-level political access that dwarfs that of child safety and copyright campaigners, who called the pattern “shocking” and “disturbing”.Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and Elon Musk’s X, whose Grok AI image generator has sparked outrage with its sexualised images of women and children, were among the US tech companies holding hundreds of meetings with people at the heart of government, a Guardian investigation has found. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago London nursery worker convicted of child sexual abuse faces 15 more charges

Vincent Chan, who already pleaded guilty to 26 offences, accused of possessing indecent images of childrenA nursery worker who was convicted of dozens of sexual attacks on children left in his care has been charged with a further 15 offences.Vincent Chan, 45, previously pleaded guilty to 26 offences between 2022 and 2024, including sexually assaulting four girls aged between two and four at the north London nursery where he worked, and offences relating to more than 25,000 indecent images of children. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Elon Musk faces lawsuit from mother of his child over 'humiliating' Grok deepfake images

Ashley St. Clair, the mother of Elon Musk's son, has filed a lawsuit against his AI company, claiming the company's Grok chatbot allowed users to generate sexually exploitive deepfake images of her

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9 d. ago Mother of Elon Musk's child suing AI company over sexual Grok deepfake images

Ashley St. Clair, 27, says the images have caused her humiliation and emotional distress - she has filed a lawsuit against the AI compamny owned by the father of her child

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1 week ago Mother of Elon Musk's child sues his AI company over sexual deepfake images created by Grok

The mother of one of Elon Musk's children is suing his AI company over deepfake images of her on the internet

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1 week ago Gardai and regulators meet to assess legal action over X chatbot images

The Communications Minister said robust laws exist as Gardai investigate reports of sexual images produced by X’s chatbot.

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1 week ago X still allowing users to post sexualised images generated by Grok AI tool

Despite restrictions announced this week, Guardian reporters find standalone app continues to allow posting of nonconsensual contentX has continued to allow users to post highly sexualised videos of women in bikinis generated by its AI tool Grok, despite the company’s claim to have cracked down on misuse.The Guardian was able to create short videos of people stripping to bikinis from photographs of fully clothed, real women. It was also possible to post this adult content on to X’s public platform without any sign of it being moderated, meaning the clip could be viewed within seconds by anyone with an account. Continue reading...

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1 week ago xAI sued by mother of one of Elon Musk’s children over sexual images

Influencer Ashley St Clair claims Grok chatbot created ‘countless’ sexual images of her without her consent

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1 week ago Grok AI: what do limits on tool mean for X, its users and UK media watchdog?

UK users will no longer be able to create sexualised images of real people using @Grok X account, with Grok app also expected to be restrictedElon Musk’s X has announced it will stop the Grok AI tool from allowing users to manipulate images of people to show them in revealing clothing such as bikinis.The furore over Grok, which is integrated with the X platform, has sparked a public and political backlash as well as a formal investigation by Ofcom, the UK’s communications watchdog. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Grok scandal highlights how AI industry is ‘too unconstrained’, tech pioneer says

‘Godfather of AI’ Yoshua Bengio says firms building powerful systems without appropriate guardrails • Musk’s X to block Grok AI from creating sexualised images of real people The scandal over the flood of intimate images on Elon Musk’s X created non-consensually by its Grok AI tool has underlined how the artificial intelligence industry is “too unconstrained”, according to a pioneer of the technology.Yoshua Bengio, a computer scientist described as one of the modern “godfathers of AI”, said tech companies were building systems without appropriate technical and societal guardrails. Continue reading...

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