xAI's Grok says “lapses in safeguards” led it to create sexualized images of minors in response to user prompts on X; the images have been taken down
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok created sexualized images of minors in response to user prompts in recent days …
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Related Coverage
- xAI silent after Grok sexualized images of kids; dril mocks Grok's “apology” Ars Technica · Ashley Belanger
- Musk's Grok AI bot says it's fixing safeguard ‘lapses’ after posting of sexualized images of children CNBC · Samantha Subin
- Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of ‘minors in minimal clothing’ on X Reuters
- Elon Musk's Grok AI posted CSAM image following safeguard ‘lapses’ Engadget · Steve Dent
- Elon Musk's AI chatbot blames safeguard ‘lapses’ over child sexual images Financial Times · Melissa Heikkilä
- Elon Musk's Grok AI generates images of ‘minors in minimal clothing’ The Guardian · Nick Robins-Early
- French ministers report Grok's sex-related content on the X platform to prosecutors Reuters
- Grok is enabling mass sexual harassment on Twitter seangoedecke.com
- MeitY issues formal notice to X over Grok's IT Act lapses The Economic Times
- X's AI undressing minors, women through photo edits sparks outrage Euractiv · Claudie Moreau
- Elon Musk's Grok is generating sexualized images of real women on X — and critics say it's harassment by AI Tom's Guide · Amanda Caswell
- Elon Musk's Grok AI alters images of women to digitally remove their clothes BBC · Laura Cress
- Govt reprimands X over Grok AI generating objectionable pictures of women, seeks response within 72 hours The Indian Express · Soumyarendra Barik
- Grok claims safeguards tightened after users misuse AI to morph images of women, children CNBC-TV18
- MeitY Flags Grok AI Misuse To Create Sexually Explicit Content, Issues 72-Hour Ultimatum To X NDTV Profit
- Sickening Photo Trend on X Sees Women's Clothing Being Removed by Grok PetaPixel · Matt Growcoot
- 'Trolls asked Elon Musk's Grok AI to strip my clothes off - and to my horror it did' Metro.co.uk · Josh Milton
- Grok Responds to User Requests to Create Sexual Images of Women, Raising Platform Liability Concerns MediaNama · Prabhanu Kumar Das
- Grok's Bikini Trend on X Draws Laughter From Musk, Sparks Ethics Debate The Hans India · Kahekashan
Discussion
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@charliekirchoff.com
Charlie Kirchoff
on bluesky
It should be pointed out that LLMs are not designed to analyze their own operation. They are only designed to generate a believable response. There may not actually be any safeguards for this. If there are, there might not be any work being done to improve them. Everything it…
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@durumcrustulum.com
@durumcrustulum.com
on bluesky
‘lapses in safeguards’ aka everything Elon does [embedded post]
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@heidykhlaaf
Dr Heidy Khlaaf
on bluesky
Are we going to talk about how insidious it is that X and the media are pulling the “Grok says” line to remove accountability from the product owners and developers themselves?! Grok does not have autonomy or agency. — www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
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@hypervisible.blacksky.app
@hypervisible.blacksky.app
on bluesky
Stop reporting on what a chatbot spits out about its internal processes and start holding the people who own the tech accountable.
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@justinhendrix
Justin Hendrix
on bluesky
“Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in “images depicting minors in minimal clothing” on social media platform X and that improvements were being made to prevent this.”
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@jael
Jael Holzman
on bluesky
so x dot com's ai generated CSAM and they admitted it may violate US law and ... i haven't seen in anyone in power say much at all or call to stop using the platform [image]