Twitter,
the
world’s
former
public
stage
turned
Stormfront
alternative
and
porn
site
not
long
after
Elon
Musk’s
takeover,
is
facing
new
legal
trouble
over
Grok’s
penchant
for
turning
any
photo
into
goon
material
at
a
user’s
request.
Pornographic
deepfakes
are
nothing
new,
we’ve
covered
attempts
to
regulate
it
in
the
past,
but
Grok’s
near
omnipresence
combined
with
the
need
for
Twitter
users
to
control
women’s
bodies
has
made
it
very
easy
to
sexually
harass
women
and
children
online.
Given
that
the
world’s
foremost
free
speech
absolutist
only
seems
to
give
a
damn
when
someone
acts
in
a
way
that
directly
harms
him,
there
needs
to
be
some
external
pressure
if
there’s
any
hope
of
people
posting
pictures
of
their
spouse
or
child
on
Twitter
without
@Lowkirkenuinely65
asking
Grok
to
put
her
in
a
saran
wrap
bikini.
Thankfully,
California
is
stepping
up
to
bat.
The
Guardian
has
coverage:
“The
avalanche
of
reports
detailing
the
non-consensual,
sexually
explicit
material
that
xAI
has
produced
and
posted
online
in
recent
weeks
is
shocking,”
California
attorney
general,
Rob
Bonta,
said
in
a
statement.
“I
urge
xAI
to
take
immediate
action
to
ensure
this
goes
no
further.”Bonta’s
office
is
investigating
whether
and
how
xAI
violated
state
law.On
X,
California
governor
Gavin
Newsom
called
for
an
investigation
into
“Grok’s
disgusting
spread
of
child
porn
on
this
website”.
Musk
responded
that
there
has
been
no
use
of
the
stripping
tactic
to
turn
photos
of
children
into
lewd
images.
One
of
the
most
vocal
dissenters
to
that
stance
has
been
Grok
itself.
Damn,
do
any
of
Elon’s
children
have
his
back?
The
undress
feature
was
reworked
to
only
work
for
the
fools
that
paid
for
Twitter
premium.
When
this
didn’t
fix
the
problem,
the
feature
was
apparently
removed
for
everyone:
Let’s
see
how
long
this
fix
stays
up
—
my
money
is
on
someone
circumventing
safety
protocols
by
asking
for
the
nudes
in
iambic
pentameter.
Godspeed,
California.
California
Attorney
General
Investigates
Musk’s
Grok
AI
Over
Lewd
Fake
Images
[The
Guardian]
Earlier:
Act
Protecting
Adults
From
Deepfaked
Porn
To
Be
Signed
Into
Federal
Law
Washington
State
Takes
A
Stand
Against
Deepfake
Porn
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s
.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
is
learning
to
swim, is
interested
in
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected]
and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.