Global data protection authorities warn generative AI companies against replicating real people

Data protection authorities from 61 countries published a statement Monday warning organizations developing and using AI content generation systems to safeguard against abuses involving the depiction of real people.

The joint statement comes on the heels of the Grok AI chatbot creating and sharing millions of images of “nudified” real people. On January 15, the company’s owner Elon Musk responded to weeks of worldwide anger by announcing that social media platform X would block Grok from creating the images. 

On Thursday, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced tech companies would be required to remove intimate images shared without consent within 48 hours or face fines of up to 10% of their “qualifying” global revenue as well as the potential for their service to be blocked in the country.

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