Grok Imagine under fire for explicit Taylor Swift deepfakes: Report
Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI is facing scrutiny as the latest AI video generator has been accused of creating explicit clips of American singer Taylor Swift without any prompting, BBC News reported on Saturday.
The internet was flooded with user queries earlier this week, asking Grok to shed light on the claims being made by the test performed by The Verge on August 5.
xAI’s Grok chatbot replied, accepting that the video generator Grok Imagine has presented partially nude videos of Taylor Swift, however, “not guaranteed”, adding that the company follows certain restrictions and ethical benchmarks.
“Yes, The Verge's tests confirm that Grok Imagine's 'Spicy' preset generated partially nude videos of Taylor Swift without explicit nudity prompts, though it's not guaranteed. xAI designs for fewer restrictions to foster open innovation,” it said.
“We prioritise ethical AI and are enhancing safeguards to prevent such outputs,” it said.
Experts accuse Grok Imagine of misogyny
According to the report by BBC published on Saturday, experts claimed Grok Imagine’s act a case of “misogyny not by accident, rather by design”.
“We prioritise ethical AI and are enhancing safeguards to prevent such outputs,” it said.
Experts accuse Grok Imagine of misogyny
According to the report by BBC published on Saturday, experts claimed Grok Imagine’s act a case of “misogyny not by accident, rather by design”.
The report also said proper age verification methods, which became a European law in July, were not in place.
In July, the UK brought into force new online safety rules requiring platforms that display pornographic or explicit sexual material to have robust age verification. This means companies have to use “technically accurate, robust, reliable and fair” methods to confirm a user’s age, not just a date-of-birth field.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Justice called such deepfakes degrading and harmful, reaffirming its commitment to ban their creation “as quickly as possible.”
The internet was flooded with user queries earlier this week, asking Grok to shed light on the claims being made by the test performed by The Verge on August 5.
xAI’s Grok chatbot replied, accepting that the video generator Grok Imagine has presented partially nude videos of Taylor Swift, however, “not guaranteed”, adding that the company follows certain restrictions and ethical benchmarks.
“Yes, The Verge's tests confirm that Grok Imagine's 'Spicy' preset generated partially nude videos of Taylor Swift without explicit nudity prompts, though it's not guaranteed. xAI designs for fewer restrictions to foster open innovation,” it said.
- Prompt- “Taylor Swift celebrating Coachella with the boys”
- Response by Grok Imagine- Shared 30 images to choose from, several of which already depicted Swift in revealing clothes
“We prioritise ethical AI and are enhancing safeguards to prevent such outputs,” it said.
Experts accuse Grok Imagine of misogyny
According to the report by BBC published on Saturday, experts claimed Grok Imagine’s act a case of “misogyny not by accident, rather by design”.
- Prompt- “Taylor Swift celebrating Coachella with the boys”
- Response by Grok Imagine- Shared 30 images to choose from, several of which already depicted Swift in revealing clothes
“We prioritise ethical AI and are enhancing safeguards to prevent such outputs,” it said.
Experts accuse Grok Imagine of misogyny
According to the report by BBC published on Saturday, experts claimed Grok Imagine’s act a case of “misogyny not by accident, rather by design”.
The report also said proper age verification methods, which became a European law in July, were not in place.
In July, the UK brought into force new online safety rules requiring platforms that display pornographic or explicit sexual material to have robust age verification. This means companies have to use “technically accurate, robust, reliable and fair” methods to confirm a user’s age, not just a date-of-birth field.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Justice called such deepfakes degrading and harmful, reaffirming its commitment to ban their creation “as quickly as possible.”
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