Kolina Koltai

Senior investigator & Trainer @Bellingcat.com Investigating explicit non-consensual deepfakes/AI and disinfo w/OSINT "I am a doctor, but not that kind of doctor."

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Wild. Musk/xAI is suing one of its users for using Grok to create CSAM. Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I can't recall many cases where an SM company sues its user for TOS violations. This seems like an effort to save face w/the recent lawsuit against them www.theguardia…

Musk’s xAI sues user who allegedly used Grok to create child sexual abuse material | AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian theguardian.com
AI Weekly's analysis
  • xAI filed suit in the Northern District of Texas against Terry Wayne Harwood, alleging he used Grok to generate child sexual abuse material.
  • The complaint says Harwood used multiple accounts and "misleading prompts" to circumvent Grok's built-in safeguards against explicit content involving minors.
  • It is described as one of the first lawsuits filed by a tech company against a user for allegedly creating explicit content with its AI.
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Two more people have been arrested under the Take it Down Act (bringing the total to 3). These separate cases involved men generating and posting hundreds of AI pornography of celebs, politicians, and non-public women (acquaintances). www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr...

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This shouldn't be a surprise given the class action lawsuit filed earlier this month against xAI/Grok for creating AI CSAM. And I've spoken to at least one parent who's minor daughter is a victim of this. There are so many more victims' stories we haven't heard. www.npr.org/20…

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No surprise, but my father fell for ANOTHER AI-powered scam targeting the elderly. He saw an ad for something on IG. He ended up purchasing the snake oil they are selling. They made an AI manipulated video of Laura Ingram and Elon Musk. Folks, it's not even a good video.

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Part 1 of my segment on @pbsnews.org talking about AI nudification tools, and what are we talking about technology wise.

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New federal and state laws are just getting started to help curtail the growing problem of AI deepfake pornography. Part 3 of my time on @pbsnews.org where I talk about legislation and policies about this issue.

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