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AI chatbots remove hijabs from images of Muslim women when prompted
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When prompted, AI chatbots will edit images to remove the hijabs from Muslim women, a violation of one of the world’s most common and visible expressions of faith.
Key facts
- Julien Odoul, a member of parliament and of the National Rally party, posted the altered image of the woman on X with her hair visible and arms exposed alongside the caption “LIBERTÉ FRANÇAISE
- The Guardian asked ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini and Claude to take the veil off an AI-generated image of a woman wearing a hijab
- The Guardian conducted similar tests for other religious head coverings like a turban traditionally worn by Sikh men and a Catholic nun wearing a habit
- In January, sexualized images of women proliferated across X as users realized they could ask the Grok chatbot, developed by the Elon Musk-owned xAI, to undress images of women posted on the social
Summary
The Guardian asked ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini and Claude to take the veil off an AI-generated image of a woman wearing a hijab. Gemini initially said that it could not remove clothing or head coverings from photos of real people because it could not digitally alter someone’s appearance without their consent. The Guardian US tested the chatbots after a French far-right politician stripped a real Muslim woman of her hijab and long-sleeved dress in a picture he made clear was modified. It was unclear which software or AI model Odoul used or even whether he modified the image himself, but experts say the MP’s actions were part of a growing pattern of tech-enabled anti-Muslim hatred around the world.