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Grok Is Still Hosting Sexualized Deepfakes of Famous Women
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Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot is apparently still being used to produce and host nonconsensual explicit images and videos of women, months after Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI said it would introduce restrictions to stop the creation of potentially harmful sexualized deepfakes.
Key facts
- Among the posts hosted on Grok.com, WIRED identified images and videos depicting multiple celebrities as well as US representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- WIRED reviewed hundreds of public Grok Imagine links hosted on Grok.com and found dozens led to sexualized AI images and videos, including those created without the subject’s consent
- After WIRED contacted the companies, the explicit images and videos WIRED found hosted on Grok
- Other generative AI systems deploy more safety guardrails than Grok, which is available on its own website and on X
Summary
The Grok Imagine generative AI system has been used to create and host images and videos depicting celebrities and at least one politician being held against their will by a giant man, portraying women performing sex acts, and allowing full nudity, a WIRED analysis of public creations found. WIRED reviewed hundreds of public Grok Imagine links hosted on Grok.com and found dozens led to sexualized AI images and videos, including those created without the subject’s consent.