Musk’s tactic of blaming users for Grok sex images may be foiled by EU law

Planned EU ban on nudify apps would likely force Musk to make Grok less “spicy.” The European Union may soon ban nudify apps after Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok emerged as a prime example of the dangers of an AI platform failing to block outputs that sexualized images of real people, including children. In a joint press release, the European Parliament’s Internal Market and Civil Liberties committees confirmed that lawmakers voted 101–9 (with 8 abstentions) to simplify the Artificial Intelligence Act and “propose bans on AI ‘nudifier’ systems.” The vote came after the European Commission concluded earlier this year that the AI Act does not prohibit “AI systems that generate child sexual abuse material (CSAM) or sexually explicit deepfake nudes.” At that time, the Commission signaled that Parliament members were already proposing ways to amend the law to strengthen protections against such harmful content. If the amendment passes, which seems likely, it would foil Elon Musk’s plan to blame users for harmful outputs. Earlier this year, xAI declined to introduce safeguards to block outputs, vowing to suspend and hold users legally accountable for any CSAM or non-consensual intimate imagery