On January 15, according to CNBC, today, California's Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that he was in charge of the Musque flag xA INVESTIGATION DUE TO ITS AI TOOL Grok It was used to generate large-scale, involuntary, in-depth and undisguised images based on real people, including virtual " stripping " of minors。
According to Bonta, XAI “does seem to be contributing to the large-scale production of involuntarily intimate and hypocritical images”, which have been used to harass women and minors through channels such as platform X。
This survey is the latest development after the multinational regulatory action. Since the beginning of this year, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Ireland, the United Kingdom, France, Australia and the European Commission have launched a formal survey of Grok, in which Malaysia and Indonesia have suspended the use of the tool pending its overhaul。
In the United States, three Democrat Senators have asked Apple and Google to put X and Grok down from the app store until the platform can effectively prevent the undesired nudity of images and hypocritical content involving minors。
Several women's and children's rights organizations (UltraViolet, National Organization for Women, ParentsTogether Action) have made similar claims。
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In the face of regulatory pressureMask responded on X that he was "not aware" that Grok had produced images of underage nakednessthe problem is attributed to a "user request" or a system "bug"。
He stressed that the NSFW model of Grok only allows for the production of "false humans' upper half-naked" content, the standards of which are consistent with the United States R-class film. Previously, XAI had announced that some of the image generation and editing functions were limited to user fees。
Recently, XAI had just completed $20 billion in financing, with investments from British Virgin, Cisco Investments, QIA, MGX, etc. The company is based in Palo Alto, California, registered in Nevada, and is building a data centre in Tennessee. Grok has also been integrated into the Tesla car-mounted entertainment system。