Grok's AI image generation tool violated Canadian privacy law, watchdog says


FILE PHOTO: xAI and Grok logos are seen in this illustration taken, February 16, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

OTTAWA, June 11 (Reuters) - ⁠xAI's Grok chatbot violated Canadian privacy laws by ⁠launching an image-generation tool that allowed users to ‌create and share non-consensual, sexualized deep fakes, an official watchdog said in a report on Thursday.

After Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne launched a ​formal probe in January, xAI announced ⁠tweaks to prevent Grok ⁠from allowing the editing of images of real people in ⁠revealing ‌clothing. Britain and Canada are two in a growing list of countries cracking down on ⁠explicit content generated by Grok.

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