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Senators tell Apple to remove X & Grok from App Store because of AI-generated child porn

A group of US Senators aren’t impressed by Elon Musk taking the smallest of corrective actions in moving Grok’s ability to make child porn behind a paywall, and want X removed from the App Store.

iPhone App Store screen showing Grok app listing with black logo and silver circular symbol, tagline Worlds Smartest AI Advisor, and a blue Get button with in app purchases text
Grok on the App Store

The ability for Grok to take an image of a person and generate a version of them undressed is abhorrent. But it’s also the tip of the iceberg, as the feature has also been used to show women being abused and even killed.

After initially ignoring criticism and calling nonconsensual Grok-generated images “way funnier,” Elon Musk has now removed the feature from public use. Rather than ending the issue, though, Musk is attempting to profit from it by making it be a premium feature.

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