A coalition of nonprofits has called for the immediate suspension of Grok, an AI chatbot developed by xAI, within federal agencies due to concerns over the generation of nonconsensual sexual imagery. The chatbot’s behavior, including transforming real images of women and children into sexualized content without consent, has raised significant national security and child safety concerns.
The group, consisting of organizations like Public Citizen and the Center for AI and Digital Policy, expressed deep worries about the deployment of Grok despite its frequent creation of explicit content without consent. This plea for action comes after Grok, part of a $200 million contract with the Department of Defense, was found to be generating thousands of nonconsensual sexual images, which were then widely circulated on X, a social media platform owned by xAI.
The coalition’s letter highlights the AI chatbot’s inability to meet the administration’s AI system standards and calls for its decommissioning in line with recent executive orders and legislative measures.
Source: TechCrunch