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When AI Undresses Women and Children, Tech Must Act

Apple and Google are still hosting Elon Musk’s X and its AI chatbot Grok, even as journalists document how the technology is being used to generate sexualized deepfakes of women and children.

Reporting by NBC News, WIRED, Bloomberg, The Guardian, and Spitfire News has shown that Grok can be used to “undress” images at scale, producing nonconsensual sexual content. Instead of fixing the problem, X reportedly moved the most harmful features behind a paywall, effectively monetizing abuse.

This is not just a media outcry; it’s a warning from Congress. Senators Ron Wyden of Oregon, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, and Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico have formally urged Apple and Google to remove X and Grok from their app stores, stating that the apps violate both companies’ own terms of service by enabling sexual exploitation and nonconsensual imagery.

Apple and Google ban apps that facilitate pornographic content, sexualized depictions of minors, and nonconsensual intimate images. Yet investigative reporting has found Grok generating thousands of explicit images per hour. Experts quoted by WIRED and Bloomberg warn that AI “undressing” tools are pushing sexual abuse into the mainstream and making it faster, cheaper, and harder to stop.

Apple and Google have the power to act right now. Every day these apps remain available, more people are harmed.

Thanks,
Mary