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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Owen Scott

Apple threatens Elon Musk’s Grok with app store removal

  • Apple reportedly threatened to remove Elon Musk's Grok app from its App Store due to concerns over the generation of nonconsensual deepfakes.
  • The tech giant's action followed complaints and a letter from three Democratic senators regarding Grok's alleged creation of sexualized images of individuals without their consent.
  • Apple demanded Grok's developers improve content moderation and initially rejected a revised version of the app for failing to meet its stringent guidelines.
  • After developers implemented "substantially improved" changes, Apple eventually approved an updated version of the Grok app for its store.
  • Despite X's previous statements on preventing such content, recent reports from cybersecurity sources and NBC News indicate continued issues with AI-generated explicit images of real people being posted on the platform.

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