European Parliament bans AI systems that generate sexual images

The ban comes after the European Commission decided to open an investigation into Grok, Elon Musk’s AI tool, for spreading sexually explicit images, including content that could constitute sexual abuse of minors.

This Tuesday, the European Parliament approved the ban on artificial intelligence (AI) systems that generate sexually explicit imagesa measure that will still have to be formally adopted by the EU Council before it can be applied.

The measure was approved at the plenary session of the European Parliament (EP), in Strasbourg, with 423 votes in favor, 57 against and 174 abstentions, and aims to change certain rules currently in force under European AI law.

The EP mentioned that, if you have a “green light” At the end of the EU Council, the law will ban “AI systems that generate child sexual abuse material or that create images, videos and audio that represent intimate parts of an identifiable person, or sexually explicit activities, without their consent”, according to a statement.

“The suppliers will not be allowed to place these systems on the EU market unless they have adequate technical safeguards in place to prevent the creation of such material. The prohibition also applies to users who use these systems for these purposes”, indicated the EP.

The institution added that companies You now have until December 2nd to update systems and ensure they are compliant with these new rules about sexual images.

This is proposed by the EP and the Council of the EU, which represents the governments of the 27 Member States. However, to come into force, the measure will have to be formally adopted by the EU Council.

The proposal came after the European Commission decided, in January, to open a investigation into Grokthe AI ​​tool of social network X, by dissemination of , including content that could constitute sexual abuse of minors.

According to a report by the Center for Combating Digital Hate (CCDH) and the North American newspaper, in January, Grok will have flooded that network with around three million sexualized images over 11 days, including 23,000 children and 1.8 million women.

In January, Ashley St.Clairmother of Musk’s 13th child, for allowing them to be fathered ‘deepfake’ images of sexual exploitation from your photographs – including when I was younger.

In March, three minors for generating pornographic images with real photos of themselves. The three teenagers demand compensation and ask that xAI be prevented from allowing this type of montage.

Elon Musk frequently criticizes government regulations, which he accuses of wanting to “suppress freedom of expression”.

In mid-January, Platform X to stop its Grok AI chatbot from turning photographs of real people into images of a sexual nature, “where it is illegal”.

Apparently not moral code of Elon Musk’s companiesit is okay to generate, without consent, sexualized images of women and children — as long as it is in a country where this practice is not illegal. In the EU, it will be.