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California Investigates Elon Musk’s xAI Over Sexualized Images Generated by Grok

Kate Conger / nytimes - The state will examine whether xAI, which owns the social media platform X and created the A.I. chatbot Grok, violated state law.


California probes

California Opens xAI Investigation Over Grok's Deepfake Flood

7 wks / implicator / Maria Garcia

California to investigate xAI over Grok chatbot images, officials say

7 wks / reddit / /u/ddx-me

California Attorney General Investigating xAI Over Grok’s Deepfakes

7 wks / wsj / Georgia Wells

Musk denies awareness of Grok sexual underage images as California AG launches probe

7 wks / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

California Launches Investigation Into Grok’s Nonconsensual Sexual Images

7 wks / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

California investigating Grok AI over lewd fake images

7 wks / techxplore

California is investigating Grok over AI-generated CSAM and nonconsensual deepfakes

7 wks / engadget / Karissa Bell

California Investigates Elon Musk’s xAI Over Sexualized Images Generated by Grok

7 wks / nytimes / Kate Conger

California Investigates Elon Musk’s xAI Over Sexualized Images Generated by Grok

7 wks / nytimes / Kate Conger

Elon Musk's xAI probed by California DOJ over Grok's deepfake explicit images

7 wks / cnbc


Global regulatory & advocacy

‘Get Grok Gone’: Advocacy groups demand Apple and Google block X from app stores

7 wks / theverge / Robert Hart

It’s not over, Europe’s regulators tell X

7 wks / politico / Eliza Gkritsi

Philippines to Join Indonesia, Malaysia in Blocking Musk’s Grok

7 wks / bloomberg / Cliff Harvey Venzon

Advocacy groups slam Apple and Google for hosting Grok and X apps

7 wks / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

28 advocacy groups call on Apple and Google to ban Grok, X over nonconsensual deepfakes

7 wks / engadget / Will Shanklin

Musk bows to pressure over Grok creating sexualised AI images

7 wks / ft

Musk claims Grok made “literally zero” naked child sex images as probes begin

7 wks / arstechnica / Ashley Belanger

Grok Generated 6,700 Nudifying Images Per Hour. Musk Says He Saw 'Literally Zero.

7 wks / implicator / Maria Garcia

Senate passes bill letting victims sue over Grok AI explicit images

7 wks / reddit / /u/sksarkpoes3


Platform policy clampdown

Elon Musk’s X Restricts Ability to Create Explicit Images With Grok

7 wks / nytimes / Ali Watkins

Elon Musk’s X Restricts Ability to Create Explicit Images With Grok

7 wks / nytimes / Ali Watkins

X says it has blocked Grok from editing images of real people into revealing clothing

7 wks / techspot

Grok now bans all undressing images -- where it's forced to

7 wks / appleinsider

Musk’s xAI bows to pressure and blocks Grok from ‘nudifying’ images

7 wks / siliconrepublic / Ann O’Dea

Musk rushes to fix disgusting Grok replies

7 wks / news.com.au

X Announces Grok Can No Longer Edit Real People’s Images, But Website Still Allows It

7 wks / medianama / Prabhanu Kumar Das

X says Grok, Musk's AI chatbot, is blocked from undressing images in places where it's illegal

7 wks / go

Grok blocks X users from creating images of real people in ‘revealing clothing’

7 wks / mashable

X Tightens Grok Image Generation Following International Backlash

7 wks / decrypt / Jason Nelson

Musk’s Grok barred from undressing AI images after global backlash

7 wks / scmp

Musk's xAI limits Grok's ability to create sexualized images of real people on X after backlash

7 wks / cnbc

X claims it has stopped Grok from undressing people, but of course it hasn’t

7 wks / theverge / Jay Peters

X to stop Grok AI from undressing images of real people after backlash

7 wks / bbc

XAI Blocks Grok From Creating Sexualized Images of Real People

7 wks / bloomberg / Kurt Wagner

X says Grok will no longer edit images of real people into bikinis

7 wks / engadget / Karissa Bell


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X is claiming it’s restricted the ability to generate explicit deepfakes with Grok, and plenty of media outlets are parroting it without checking. But it’s still easy to get Grok to generate the very same “undressing” photos causing this scandal in the f

7 wks / bsky / @parismarx.com / parismarx.com

Le Monde publie de fausses nouvelles. www.theverge.com/news/862372/...

7 wks / bsky / @clauderioux.bsky.social / clauderioux.bsky.social

California DOJ is the latest to initiate a formal investigation of xAI and its Grok issues - the AI chatbot and image generator enabled widespread creation and publication of deepfake NCII & CSAM (nonconsensual intimate images, and child sexual abuse

7 wks / bsky / @lorak.bsky.social / lorak.bsky.social

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Tesla to stop selling FSD as a standalone package and switch to subscription only

Andrew J. Hawkins / theverge - As its sales continue to slip and its robotaxi strategy seems to falter, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said today that the company would stop selling its Full Self-Driving feature as a standalone package. Instead, starting on February 14th, the Level 2 driver-assis…


FSD Subscription Announcement

Tesla puts full self-driving behind a monthly paywall

7 wks / fastcompany / Taylor Hatmaker

Tesla stops standalone FSD package, switches to subscription platform

7 wks / mobilesyrup / Matthew Mountjoy

The $11,000 Sunset and Why Tesla Is Killing FSD Purchases Next Month

7 wks / iphoneincanada / John Quintet

Soon you'll only be able to rent Tesla's FSD

7 wks / qz / Alex Daniel

Elon Musk confirms major shake-up for Tesla’s Full Self-Driving package

7 wks / digitaltrends

Tesla is shifting to a subscription model for its ‘FSD’ feature

7 wks / x / @MarketWatch

Musk says Tesla is moving Full Self-Driving to a monthly subscription

7 wks / cnbc

Tesla will only offer subscriptions for Full Self-Driving (Supervised) going forward

7 wks / techcrunch / Sean O'Kane

Tesla to stop selling FSD as a standalone package and switch to subscription only

7 wks / theverge / Andrew J. Hawkins

Tesla ends one-off Full Self-Driving purchases, shifts to subscription-only next month

7 wks / techspot

Tesla's Full Self-Driving is switching to a subscription-only service

7 wks / engadget / Steve Dent

Tesla Driver-Assist System FSD Will Switch to Subscription-Only, Musk Says

7 wks / bloomberg / Danny Lee


Subtle Shift Analysis

Tesla is making a subtle change that could have big implications for the company

7 wks / x / @MarketWatch

Tesla is making a subtle change that could have big implications

7 wks / x / @MarketWatch

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