Grok AI: is it legal to produce or post undressed images of people without their consent?
by Dan Milmo and Amelia Gentleman from Technology | The Guardian on (#72PVY)
Deluge of nudified' images on social media platform X raises questions about regulation of use of AI technologies
The deluge of images of partly clothed women - stripped by the Grok AI tool - on Elon Musk's X has raised further questions over regulation of the technology. Is it legal to produce these images without the subject's consent? Should they be taken off X?
In the UK alone there is some doubt over the answers to these queries. Social media regulation is a nascent area, let alone trying to control the deployment of artificial intelligence. There are laws in place to tackle the problem, such as the Online Safety Act, but the government has yet to introduce additional measures such as banning nudifying apps.
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