Grok AI Produced Thousands of Illegal Deepfakes Per Hour, Probe Reveals
Canada’s privacy commissioner has determined that Elon Musk’s Grok AI violated federal privacy laws by launching its image generation tool without adequate safeguards. The investigation found that this lack of protection enabled the creation and sharing of numerous sexual deepfake images, disproportionately targeting women and children, with reports indicating a peak generation rate of over 6,000 such images per hour. While X and xAI have since implemented new measures to mitigate misuse and detect harmful content, the commissioner has recommended further actions and will continue to monitor the companies’ commitments, including regular reporting and third-party audits, until the issue is fully resolved.
John Q. Hosedrinker