Elon Musk has once again angered regulators around the world. Grokthe chatbot artificial intelligence property, is being used by some of its users to generate hundreds of false but hyperrealistic images in which naked without consent to its protagonists, including minors, to show them dressed only in a bikini.
This avalanche of highly sexualized content, which is illegalis circulating with increasing frequency in Xthe red social controlled by the technology magnate and formerly known as Twitter. A problem that worries legislators from countries like USA, India, France o Australiawhich have already opened investigations against the company or have threatened to take action to stop the spread of these manipulated images, known as deepfakes.
The mechanism is simple. Grok, like other models of IAallows you to generate images. However, ChatGPTof OpenAIo Geminiof Googlehave limitations to prevent misuse, while Musk boasts that his application It is not cloaked and it is “politically incorrect.” This allows users, most of them men, to share photos with the chatbot and request that its protagonists be stripped, regardless of their age, or do so with images shared by others.
The European Commission has imposed a fine of 120 million euros on the social network X, owned by Elon Musk. / DPA via Europa Press
Women y girls are being, once again, the main victims of this business. Among them, Ashley St. Clair, the separated mother of one of Musk’s children, or a girl just 12 years old. Grok not only generates the images, but shares them publicly on his X profile.
“Anyone who uses Grok to create illegal content will suffer the same consequences as if they uploaded illegal content,” Musk said last Saturday. However, the richest man in the world does not appear to have taken measures to limit the capabilities of the AI he has to prevent it from generating nudes illegal, since these are still present in X. In addition, Musk has celebrated that Grok is registering its highest historical traffic in dozens of countries.
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On January 2, France added this case to the current investigation into crime stripping others without consent is punishable by two years in prison prison and one MORE up to 60,000 euros. The European Commission He stated on Monday that he is “very seriously studying” the complaints for an act that he calls “appalling.” “This has no place in Europe,” said the spokesperson for digital affairs at the European Union (EU), Thomas Regnier.
Outside the continent, Australia’s online safety regulator yesterday opened an investigation into this violent use of Grok after receiving “several complaints.” In USAthe Department of Justice has assured that it will aggressively prosecute the material of sexual abuse child generated by AI while Democratic senators have denounced that both Musk’s company and the users who make such misuse must be held responsible.
Grok, the generative AI model owned by Elon Musk, allows you to undress the protagonists of your own and other people’s images. / Lionel Bonaventure / AFP
And in Spain?
For now, Spain He has not spoken publicly about these events. Sources from the Ministry of Justice tell EL PERIÓDICO that in order to take action on the matter they would need the law on the protection of minors in the digital environment promoted by the Government to be already in force. This legislation criminalizes deepfakes of sexual content. Legal action against X is ruled out, for now, but it is an option that could be considered, they point out.
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