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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.
Baltimore sues Elon Musk's xAI over Grok sexual 'deepfakes'
Musk launched Grok in 2023 and distributes it through his social media platform X, which like xAI is now part of his rocket and space exploration company SpaceX.
UK eyes rapid ban on under social media for under 16s, curbs to AI chatbots
Britain could bring in an Australian-style ban on social media for children under 16 as early as this year and close a loophole that left some AI chatbots outside safety rules, as part of government efforts to respond more quickly to digital risks.
Elon Musk's X faces European inquiry over sexualised AI images
European Union regulators are investigating Elon Musk's platform X. Authorities allege X failed to prevent the spread of AI-generated sexualized images. This action intensifies a dispute between Europe and the United States regarding online content rules. X faces scrutiny over its AI chatbot Grok and its handling of harmful material.
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.
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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.
Ryanair CEO dismisses Elon Musk's idea of buying the airline as verbal feud escalates
The CEO of Ryanair on Wednesday dismissed Elon Musk's idea of buying the budget airline and shrugged off insults from the billionaire, in a war of words that erupted over installing Starlink systems on aircraft. O'Leary said last week that the airline had ruled out putting Musk's Starlink satellite Wi-Fi on Ryanair planes because the extra fuel drag from the system's antennas would be too costly.
California AG sends letter demanding xAI stop producing deekfake content
California Attorney General Robert Bonta on Friday sent a cease and desist letter to xAI demanding the company stop the creation and distribution of AI-generated non-consensual sexualised imagery by its Grok AI chatbot.
Mother of Elon Musk's child sues his AI company over sexual deepfake images created by Grok
Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, is being sued by Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of his children. She alleges its Grok chatbot generated sexually exploitative deepfake images of her, causing humiliation and distress. X recently announced Grok would no longer edit photos of real people in revealing clothing.
xAI sued over non-consensual deepfake images of Ashley St Clair, mother of Elon Musk’s child
Ashley St Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk’s children, on Thursday sued his artificial intelligence (AI) company, xAI, alleging that its chatbot Grok generated sexually explicit images of her without her consent. Clair emphasised that xAI failed to prevent Grok, deployed on the social media platform X, from generating explicit images despite prior commitments to do so.
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.
US teachers union says it is leaving X over sexualised AI images of children
In an interview with Reuters, AFT President Randi Weingarten said that the site had already been degraded by extremists and trolls since Elon Musk's 2022 takeover, before which the platform was known as Twitter.
How AI 'deepfakes' became Elon Musk's latest scandal
Elon Musk's company xAI has faced global backlash in recent days over sexualised "deepfake" images of women and children created by its Grok chatbot. Indonesia on Saturday became the first country to block access to Grok entirely, with neighbouring Malaysia following on Sunday. India said Sunday that X had removed thousands of posts and hundreds of user accounts in response to its complaints.
Democratic senators demand Apple, Google take X and Grok off app stores over sexual images: Report
Three Democratic US senators are calling on Apple and Alphabet's Google to remove X and Grok from their respective app stores over the spread of nonconsensual sexual images of women and minors on the platforms, NBC News reported Friday.
Britain demands Elon Musk's Grok answers concerns about sexualised photos
Britain has demanded Elon Musk's social media site X explain how its AI chatbot Grok was able to produce undressed images of people and sexualised images of children, and whether it was failing in its legal duty to protect users.
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.
San Francisco goes after websites that make AI deepfake nudes of women and girls
Now a new effort to shut down the app and others like it is being pursued in California, where San Francisco this week filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that experts say could set a precedent but will also face many hurdles.
Katy Perry and Rihanna didn't attend the Met Gala, but AI-generated images still fooled fans
While the source or sources of these images is hard to lock down, the realistic-looking Met Gala backdrop seen in many suggests that whatever AI tool was used to create them was likely trained on some images of past events.
Citing alleged abuses on OnlyFans, lawmakers call for stronger safeguards
Lawmakers urge tighter online sexual exploitation safeguards. OnlyFans faces lawsuits over nonconsensual porn. Ofcom monitors enforcement of Online Safety Act. Concerns raised about platform's monitoring systems for abusive content.
Behind the OnlyFans porn boom: allegations of rape, abuse and betrayal
OnlyFans says it is building "the safest social media platform in the world." But a Reuters investigation identified 128 cases in which women and men complained to U.S. law enforcement agencies that sexual content featuring them ended up on OnlyFans without their permission - and was often sold for profit - between January 2019 and November 2023.
Who is behind spread of Taylor Swift’s deepfake AI-generated images? Here is how the images were made and posted online
One of the most proliferated fake images of pop singer Taylor Swit to initially appear on X received over 45 million views, 24,000 reposts, and hundreds of thousands of likes and bookmarks. How the images were made and how were they posted online?
Deepfake explicit images of Taylor Swift spread on social media: Swifties are fighting back
Swift's ardent fanbase of "Swifties" quickly mobilised, launching a counteroffensive on the platform formerly known as Twitter and a #ProtectTaylorSwift hashtag to flood it with more positive images of the pop star. Some said they were reporting accounts that were sharing the deepfakes.
Deepfake trend claims its most popular victim: Fake, explicit images of Taylor Swift go viral
Her ardent fanbase of 'Swifties' quickly mobilized, launching a counteroffensive on the platform formerly known as Twitter and a #ProtectTaylorSwift hashtag to flood it with more positive images of the pop star.
Taylor Swift deepfakes go viral, AI debate erupts again
Taylor Swift's deepfakes have created controversy and once again raised the debate over the use of Artificial intelligence (AI).
Dark corners of the web offer a glimpse at AI's nefarious future
AI tools such as Dall-E and Midjourney generate novel images from simple text descriptions. But a new wave of AI image generators are made for the purpose of creating fake pornography, including removing clothes from existing images.
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