BBCElon Musk’s AI mannequin Grok has introduced that customers will now not be capable to edit photographs of actual folks to indicate them in revealing clothes, after widespread concern over sexualised AI deepfakes in international locations together with the UK and US.
“We now have applied technological measures to stop the Grok account from permitting the enhancing of pictures of actual folks in revealing clothes akin to bikinis.
“This restriction applies to all customers, together with paid subscribers,” reads an announcement on X, previously referred to as Twitter.
The change was introduced hours after California’s high prosecutor mentioned the state was probing the unfold of sexualised AI deepfakes, together with of kids, generated by the AI mannequin.
In Wednesday’s assertion, California Lawyer Basic Rob Bonta mentioned: “This materials, which depicts ladies and youngsters in nude and sexually express conditions, has been used to harass folks throughout the web.”
Malaysia and Indonesia have blocked entry to the chatbot over the photographs and Sir Keir Starmer warned X may lose the “proper to self regulate” amid outrage over the AI pictures.
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