Skip to content
Advertisement

Grok’s sexual deepfakes almost got it banned from Apple’s App Store. Almost. 

Apple quietly threatened to kick Elon Musk's AI app, Grok, from its App Store in January over its failure to curb the surge of nonconsensual sexual deepfakes flooding X, according to NBC News. It was a muted show of force from one of tech's most...

schedule 10:55 visibility 98 views
Grok’s sexual deepfakes almost got it banned from Apple’s App Store. Almost. 
Source: The Verge

Apple quietly threatened to kick Elon Musk's AI app, Grok, from its App Store in January over its failure to curb the surge of nonconsensual sexual deepfakes flooding X, according to NBC News. It was a muted show of force from one of tech's most powerful gatekeepers, made behind closed doors even as the undressing crisis unfolded in full public view and criticism over Apple's cowardice mounted.

In a letter obtained by NBC News, Apple told US senators it "contacted the teams behind both X and Grok after it received complaints and saw news coverage of the scandal" and demanded that the developers "create a plan to improve content moderation." …

Read the full story at The Verge.

newspaper

Originally published at

The Verge

open_in_new Read Full Article

Related Articles

Read More

AI has a water problem. Google thinks it has a fix
Environment

AI has a water problem. Google thinks it has a fix

In the face of widespread backlash to the AI data center buildout throughout the US, Google is touting its efforts to minimize the environmental impact by actually increasing water for local communities. The company laid out five commitments around...

The Verge