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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Helena Horton, Aisha Down and Priya Bharadia

Use of AI to harm women has only just begun, experts warn

A picture showing Grok on a smartphone screen, as Elon Musk smiles in the background
Elon Musk’s AI tool, Grok, is being investigated by the UK’s media regulator. Photograph: Algi Febri Sugita/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

“Since discovering Grok AI, regular porn doesn’t do it for me anymore, it just sounds absurd now,” one enthusiast for the Elon Musk-owned AI chatbot wrote on Reddit. Another agreed: “If I want a really specific person, yes.”

If those who have been horrified by the distribution of sexualised imagery on Grok hoped that last week’s belated safeguards could put the genie back in the bottle, there are many such posts on Reddit and elsewhere that tell a different story.

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