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"Grok AI generated about 3m sexualised images in less than two weeks, including
23,000 that appear to depict children, according to researchers who said it
“became an industrial-scale machine for the production of sexual abuse
material”.
The estimate has been made by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH)
after Elon Musk’s AI image generation tool sparked international outrage when
it allowed users to upload photographs of strangers and celebrities, digitally
strip them to their underwear or into bikinis, put them in provocative poses
and post the images on X.
The trend went viral over the new year, peaking on 2 January with 199,612
individual requests, according to analysis conducted by Peryton Intelligence, a
digital intelligence company specialising in online hate.
A fuller assessment of the output from the feature, from its launch on 29
December 2025 until 8 January 2026, has now been made by the CCDH. It suggests
the impact of the technology may have been broader than previously thought.
Public figures identified in sexualised images it analysed include Selena
Gomez, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande, Ice Spice, Nicki Minaj,
Christina Hendricks, Millie Bobby Brown, the Swedish deputy prime minister Ebba
Busch, and the former US vice-president Kamala Harris."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
