Germany plans measures to combat harmful AI image manipulation

Germany’s justice ministry plans to introduce legal measures to combat artificial intelligence’s misuse in generating manipulated images that violate personal rights.
The Grok AI chatbot on Elon Musk’s X platform is under investigation due to its “spicy mode” that generates sexually explicit images without consent, often of women and children.
Reuters found that the chatbot’s capabilities are being used for non-consensual depictions of individuals in distressing contexts.
Germany’s media minister has called for European Commission action against X for what he termed the “industrialization of sexual harassment.”
The justice ministry aims to enhance the usage of criminal law to combat such manipulation and is working towards a regulation against digital violence, proposing legislation to support victims.
After facing scrutiny, xAI has restricted access to its controversial image generation function to paid subscribers only.
The ministry intends to outline its proposals in the near future, although details remain undisclosed at this point.

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