NONCONSENSUAL IMAGERY LAWS
MeitY planning strict protocol for swift takedown of CSEAM content
The standard operating procedure (SOP) will be modelled on a similar protocol created earlier to tackle the spread of non-consensual imagery of women online, they said. The National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCCRP) may also create a separate category for reporting CSEAM. Last year in November, the Centre had launched an SOP to curb non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII).
Elon Musk's xAI loses court bid to block Minnesota's AI 'nudification' ban
U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank rejected xAI's request for a preliminary injunction against the law, which took effect on Aug. 1 and prohibits website operators, software developers and others from allowing users to "nudify" images of identifiable people using AI technology.
Musk's chatbot flooded X with millions of sexualised images in days, new estimates show
Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, created and shared over 1.8 million sexualized images of women and children. This surge of disturbing content, generated in just nine days, sparked global outrage and investigations by governments. The scale and public nature of these AI-generated images surpassed previous online collections. X has since implemented restrictions on Grok's image creation capabilities.
Elon Musk's X restricts ability to create explicit images with Grok
The move comes amid global outrage over explicit, AI-generated images that have flooded X. In the last week, regulators around the world have opened investigations into Grok, and some countries have banned the application.
Musk's X announces measures to bar Grok from undressing images after global backlash
Elon Musk's platform X on Wednesday announced measures to prevent its AI chatbot Grok from undressing images of real people, following global backlash over its generation of sexualized photos of women and children. The announcement comes after California's attorney general launched an investigation into Musk's xAI -- the developer of Grok -- over the sexually explicit material and multiple countries either blocked access to the chatbot or launched their own probes.
California to investigate xAI over Grok chatbot images, officials say
Early this year, hyper-realistic images of women processed to look like they were in microscopic bikinis, in degrading poses, or covered in bruises flooded X, the site formerly known as Twitter. In some cases, minors were digitally stripped down to swimwear.
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Sex is a big market for the AI industry; ChatGPT won't be the first to tap it
OpenAI won't be the first to try to profit from sexualised AI. Sexual content was a top draw for AI tools almost as soon as the boom in AI-generated imagery and words erupted in 2022. After three years of largely banning mature content, Altman said Wednesday that his company is "not the elected moral police of the world" and ready to allow "more user freedom for adults" at the same time as it sets new limits for teens.

President Trump signs Take It Down Act, addressing nonconsensual deepfakes. What is it?
President Trump signed the Take It Down Act, a bipartisan law targeting non-consensual intimate imagery and deepfakes. Introduced by Senators Cruz and Klobuchar, it mandates swift removal of such content by websites within 48 hours. While supported by many, including Melania Trump and Meta, critics raise concerns about potential censorship and First Amendment infringements due to the law's broad language.

US House passes bill to ban sharing of revenge porn, awaits Donald Trump's signature
The US House has approved the bipartisan Take It Down Act, making it illegal to share explicit images and AI deepfakes without consent. Platforms must remove such content within two days. The bill passed 409-2 and now awaits President Donald Trump’s expected signature to become law.
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