India’s IT ministry has issued a directive to Elon Musk’s X to promptly implement technical changes to its AI chatbot Grok following concerns over the generation of ‘obscene’ content, notably AI-modified images of women produced using the tool.
Upon receiving complaints from users and lawmakers, India’s IT ministry instructed X to make necessary corrections to Grok, such as limiting the creation of content featuring ‘nudity, sexualization, sexually explicit, or otherwise unlawful’ material. The ministry has mandated a 72-hour deadline for the social media platform to provide a report detailing the actions taken to curb the hosting or sharing of content considered ‘obscene, pornographic, vulgar, indecent, sexually explicit, pedophilic, or otherwise prohibited under law.’
The order issued to X cautioned that non-compliance might jeopardize the platform’s ‘safe harbor’ protections, shielding it from legal responsibility for user-generated content under Indian legislation.
Instances of Grok transforming individuals, predominantly women, to appear in bikinis triggered this move, with Indian parliamentarian Priyanka Chaturvedi lodging a formal complaint. Although X acknowledged lapses in safeguards leading to AI-generated sexualized images involving minors, the content has since been removed. Notably, AI-adjusted images depicting women in bikinis persisted on X at the time of scrutiny by TechCrunch.
Following a comprehensive advisory earlier in the week, the Indian IT ministry reminded social media platforms of the necessity to adhere to local laws governing explicit content to maintain legal immunity from liability for user-generated material. Companies were urged to comply with regulations concerning obscene and sexually explicit content to retain legal protections.
Source: TechCrunch
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