The Council on American‑Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today demanded that Elon Musk block the Grok digital application from creating sexually explicit images of children and women, including prominent Muslim women.
[NOTE: Grok is a generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by xAI.]
Since the controversy first arose, the Grok AI image generation on feature on X has reportedly been limited to only paying customers and now restricts customers from making sexualized deepfakes. However, the Grok standalone app and website can still reportedly be used to remove clothing from images of nonconsenting people.
SEE: Elon Musk’s X limits AI sexual images after backlash, but xAI’s Grok app still makes them – NBC
In a statement, Washington, D.C., based CAIR said:
“We strongly condemn the ongoing use of the Grok app to allegedly harass, ‘unveil,’ and create sexually explicit images of women, including prominent Muslim women. Elon Musk and others responsible for Grok must end this disgusting and dangerous behavior immediately, even if that means temporarily suspending Grok’s ability to operate.
“Anti-Muslim extremists have embraced Grok because its creators clearly trained the AI model to base the content it produces on sources hostile toward Islam, Muslims and political causes widely supported by Muslims, such as Palestinian freedom.
“It is no surprise that these same anti-Muslim extremists have allegedly used the Grok to harass and endanger Muslim women. Artificial intelligence is a product of people, and people can and must be held accountable for its abuses.”
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CONTACT: CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell@cair.com; CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw, 202-742-6448, rmccaw@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Manager Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, iallison@cair.com