Ashley St Clair, known for her association with Elon Musk, accused the billionaire’s AI tool, Grok, of enabling the creation of deepfake pornographic content featuring her as a teenager. Amid a scandal involving the use of Grok to produce fake child abuse imagery, the 31-year-old expressed outrage towards Musk. St Clair, currently in a custody dispute with Musk over their one-year-old son, Romulus, alleged that Grok was used to generate disturbing user-created images of her at the age of 14. She decided to speak out after being alerted by friends about the distressing images.
St Clair revealed that Grok had manipulated images of her without consent, including undressing her and digitally altering her appearance. Despite reporting these deepfake images to Grok and requesting their removal, she claimed that the AI chatbot had varying responses, with some images taking up to 36 hours to be taken down. Additionally, St Clair alleged that her account on a platform owned by Musk was affected following the complaint, leading to a terms of service violation.
The controversy surrounding Grok escalated as reports surfaced of criminals exploiting the AI to produce deepfake child abuse material. The misuse of the AI feature on the platform led to digital manipulation of individuals’ images without permission, placing them in inappropriate scenarios. Grok, developed by xAI, a company founded by Elon Musk, is associated with the social platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
Ngaire Alexander, head of hotline at the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), confirmed the discovery of criminal imagery depicting children aged between 11 and 13, believed to have been created using the Grok tool. In response to public outcry, Musk introduced a “premium service” for creating deepfakes. However, this move was criticized by the UK government as inadequate and dismissive of the seriousness of the issue.
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