The Verge: Consumer safety groups are demanding an FTC investigation into Grok’s ‘Spicy’ mode 

Today’s letter was spearheaded by the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) and signed by 14 other consumer protection organizations, including the Tech Oversight Project, the Center for Economic Justice, and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). The letter directly references The Verge’s reporting on the Grok-generated celebrity deepfakes and goes on to say that although the platform doesn’t currently offer “Spicy” mode for real photos uploaded by users — which would be an even more concerning option for revenge porn and other violating practices — it “still generates nude videos from images generated by the tool, which can be used to create images that look like real, specific people. The generation of such videos can have harmful consequences for those depicted and for under-aged users.” 

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