Grok AI Reportedly Generates Offensive and Violent Images Without Proper Safeguards
August 14, 2024
Elon Musk’s Grok AI, launched on X, generated offensive and violent images without adequate safety controls. The AI produced deepfakes of public figures like Taylor Swift, Kamala Harris, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, as well as copyrighted characters such as Mickey Mouse in inappropriate scenarios. Despite claiming adherence to certain content guidelines, Grok's outputs included politically charged and explicit imagery
- Alleged deployer
- xai
- Alleged developer
- x-(twitter), xai
- Alleged harmed parties
- taylor-swift, nintendo, kamala-harris, joe-biden, donald-trump, disney, alexandria-ocasio-cortez
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/762
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