Europe takes first step to banning AI-generated child sexual abuse images

Europe on ​Friday took the ​first step towards outlawing artificial ​intelligence practices which generate child sexual abuse material after EU governments proposed to add this provision to ‌the bloc’s ⁠landmark ⁠AI rules adopted two years ago.

Governments and regulators ​from Europe to Asia are cracking down on sexually ​explicit content generated by Elon Musk’s xAI chatbot Grok on X as well as ​sexually intimate deepfakes produced by ⁠Grok.

EU tech ‌regulators and national watchdogs in ​Britain, ​Ireland and Spain are currently investigating ⁠Grok’s sexualised AI deepfakes.