The British newspaper reported that its journalists were able to create and upload videos of real women posing naked in bikinis, using images of fully clothed individuals.
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In its reporting, Guardian wrote:
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“The Guardian was able to create short videos of fully clothed, bikini-clad people from photographs of real women. It was also possible to post this adult content to X’s public forum without any indication of it being moderated, meaning the clips could be viewed within seconds with any account.”
According to the newspaper, the erotic images were created using the standalone Grok app and then successfully posted on X. Earlier this week, X said it had banned AI-generated, sexualized images of real people.
“We have implemented technical measures to prevent this [@]”Grok accounts on X globally allow the editing of images of real people in revealing clothing, such as bikinis,” the
X has faced criticism in recent weeks over the proliferation of sexualized, AI-generated images on the platform. Earlier this month, governments of several countries said they were investigating or moving to ban Grok following reports that it enabled the creation of erotic images of minors. The security update from
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