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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Anna Katrina Sevilla

Grok AI CSAM Controversy Intensifies — UK and EU Probe Safety Failures After Backlash

GrokAI faces global backlash following a series of generating sexually explicit and potential child sexual abuse material. (Credit: X / jondotvio)

An international outrage is building over social media platform X's AI tool, Grok AI, following reports of it generating sexually explicit and potential child sexual abuse material (CSAM.) GrokAI has gained scrutiny from the UK, the European Union, and other countries, touching on the need for stronger AI system control as safety failures are exposed by the controversy.

Elon Musk's AI tool faced controversy when users started to exploit GrokAI's 'edit image' feature that allows them to alter photos and make people, regardless of age, appear in sexualised clothing and contexts. The result, the widespread images on X (formerly Twitter) raising alarm for government regulators.

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