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EU should ban AI nudification apps in wake of Grok scandal, say lawmakers

EU lawmakers urge a comprehensive ban on AI nudification tools across the EU, citing the Grok scandal as a catalyst.
A cross-party group of 57 European Parliament lawmakers says these tools threaten rights by generating non-consensual intimate images.
They urge the EU Commission to ban these systems under the AI Act or other EU legislation, beyond the Digital Services Act.
The note follows outrage over Grok and other tools, with X hosting the Grok images and agreeing to restrict editing of certain images.
Lawmakers say platform moderation under the Digital Services Act is not enough to tackle AI nudification at scale.
Dutch Greens lawmaker Kim van Sparrentak led the initiative, calling for immediate EU-wide action.
The group argues that enforcement should go beyond temporary investigations to prevent crimes at scale.
The note says such tools should be banned from EU markets under AI Act or other EU legislation.
The Grok scandal involved sexualized deepfake images created without consent and hosted on X.
X announced it would stop users from editing images of real people in revealing clothes, though some images remained possible in Brussels, Paris, and London.

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