Grok tests if UK can penalize platforms for sexualized deepfakes generated by AI.
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The fact they have not removed it, given the CSAM issue makes a mockery of their arguments about a curated app store
They have removed other apps for way less
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That was the day when I closed my Twitter account.
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As the saying goes if convervatives didn't have double standards they'd have no standards at all.
The longer I live, and the more I watch them defy every core principle they've claimed to embrace the more true it is.
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Personally, I’m looking for an excuse to get rid of a deranged harmful lying asshole.
Sorry for the language, but this horror show has gone on too long.
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Kinda get the impression that Elon is using this as a provocation in an attempt to induce censorship
Feeding the hype man’s addiction for attention
a soapbox for to stand on while attempting to hock his wares
a distraction to cover for the dismal state of his businesses
And allowing the transgressive contrarian to reveal his perversions
Feeding the hype man’s addiction for attention
a soapbox for to stand on while attempting to hock his wares
a distraction to cover for the dismal state of his businesses
And allowing the transgressive contrarian to reveal his perversions
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I can't think of a compelling reason why grok's "modify this image" option shouldn't require consent of the user to begin with.
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If by "user" you mean "subject", then how would grok identify them1, let alone ask for permission?
1. I've never even looked at grok, so I don't know how this feature actually works
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Apparently Tim Sweeney of Epic is not fine with that, since I checked on X last night.
It seems his reasoning is that a bit of CSAM is fine when balanced against absolute free speech.
As a UE technician, him wading into conversations like this makes me very uneasy. Please stick to fighting Apple and working on UE...
Speaking as a UK citizen, having the protections of Ofcom is much preferred to the wild west that is the source of much innovation but also much disruption and pain in the US.
Edit: just a further thought, it's stuff like this that really gives me an excellent offramp to not even participate in social media anymore. Outside of Ars and a couple of other nice forums. What an immediate and enormous boost to my overall life quality!
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Did you miss the last sentence in what you quoted?
Ofcom doesn’t have to “decide” what content breaks UK laws because there are laws already on the books dealing with the generation and distribution of CSAM, for example.
Asking Ofcom to review every single post on Twitter, make a determination if the law has been violated or not and then adjudicate accordingly is an absolutely Sisyphean task, which would quickly overwhelm Ofcom and prevent it from dealing with any other potential violations.
We have evidence that Twitter, Grok, and xAI are being used to generate and distribute material in violation of UK law and that Musk is trying to monetize that, which is baffling, to say the least.
Why shouldn’t Ofcom be able to make a blanket statement about Twitter/Grok as a whole about the violations of UK laws?
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It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grammes a week fighting the cabal of pedophile demons. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grammes a week pedophiles were to be state heroes. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.
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thelongdarkteatimeof
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The one who openly admits, with pride, to sexually assaulting women.
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That logic sounds like a certain someone else who stated that you need to accept a few gun deaths in order to balance against the 2A.
That's all fine and dandy .. unless you are the victim.
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thelongdarkteatimeof
Ars Scholae Palatinae
Republicans' ONLY real problem with porn is that they aren't personally subjugating women and making money off of it.
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This is obviously censorship and the worst type of government overreach. It’s not like CSAM is something truly heinous, like tracking Elons private jet…
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ReadandShare
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Enough is enough. Just deactivated my X account. Hopefully, X will close it out permanently after 30 days, as they indicated.
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Except Grok/X is supposed to punish the bad actors and it doesnt. Its grok's responsebility to insure bad actors cannot, with ease, circumvent its "protections", in fact Grok didnt even try that, it basically stated that anyone could continue doing what they did as long as they paid for it.
See, the problem here is that you are defending the indefensible, the problem isnt that other people think the indefensible is ok like you seem to. Echochamber? Hardly, more like this is where the normal adults reside.
What Musk doesnt like is the law applying to him the same as everyone else but, well, it does outside the US.
Also: https://www.theguardian.com/politic...ries-lib-dems-uk-politics-latest-news-updates
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Maybe… just maybe… Musk deserves the criticism he gets here.
So… what exactly is there to defend here? Trust me, Musk has a cadre of lawyers who are paid to defend him and his businesses. He doesn’t need you to do it for him.
If the other LLMs are in compliance and Grok is the only one which is not… is that really “singling out” Grok?
Except there is plenty evidence that the standalone version of Grok has the same level of guardrails as the version used on Twitter and will gladly generate NCII and CSAM, if prompted. It’s just that the output isn’t made public like that on Twitter.
Not in the slightest. Grok, if it had proper guardrails, could easily stop people from trying to generate CSAM and NCII due to being programmed to actively reject such prompts. A gun, Photoshop and any other passive tool cannot intercede if a user decides to use said tool for less than savoury purposes.
Who is saying that we shouldn’t be punishing the bad actors who are making CSAM or NCII? And weren’t you just belly aching about how the PM couldn’t control Grok? How exactly should we strengthen protections against the generation and/or distribution of CSAM or NCII since Musk is abjectly against said protections?
Good. Using AI slop instead of employing individuals who are at talented at creating videos should be discouraged.
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"Grok's content filters don't permit the generation of child pornography, people permit the generation of child pornography" is easily the most tortured logic I've seen on the internet this year. If you're lucky it will make the top ten list in December.
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All the more baffling considering the BBC actually has a mastodon server (social.bbc), they just don't use it. Now is be a perfect time for them to start.
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Um no
That would also imply a bunch of other from Africa are bad which may not necessarily be the case
Eg Charlize Theron
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It’s a shame they can’t/won’t do anything about GeeBeebies. Fortunately you could probably fit their audience in a football stadium. A division 3 team at that.
Small mercies.
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I’m pretty sure they don’t want anybody’s kids used for this. They were just pointing out how Musk’s reaction would be far different if it were his children being targeted with this.
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We have the 8th largest account on Mastodon. https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica
https://most-followed-mastodon-accounts.stefanhayden.com/
But the 6th largest is Neil Gaiman, a rapist and sexual abuser (allegedly, but it's pretty damning). So ... I dunno what to say, the world is complicated.
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because Grok makes kiddie porn and CSAM. If you don’t acknowledge that Grok is the only major one that isn’t preventing this from happening, you are doing nothing but spouting bad faith bullshit
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Uh, no. Ofcom are very clear that they are a regulator. They describes themselves as such. However, a regulator is to enforce the duties of the people/companies they regulate - in this case, preventing the distribution of non-consensual pornography and CSAM. That's not the same as censorship, which would have Ofcom decide what is allowed and what isn't - and they don't have that power. X could make the argument that what's being made/distributed should be allowed, in which case Ofcom would likely have to take X to court, ultimately using the judicial system to determine if the law has been broken.
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TBF I never unfollowed Gaiman and he used to post pretty much daily but I haven't seen anything at all from him since the story broke. One of the craziest things about all that was learning about his Scientologist upbringing and that The Ocean at the End of the Lane was his reframing his experience as a fantasy story. It doesn't excuse anything at all about his behavior but boy did it provide some wild context for it.
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That the 6th largest account is from a sexual abuser who doesn't even post isn't exactly highly motivational for companies to try Mastodon.
We're doing our part, but I think at this point it's unrealistic to expect any kind of surge there.
We're ranked 930th on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/meincmagazine.com
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Ok you're going to have to clarify exactly what you mean here because "CSAM is bad but..." is really not the argument you think it is. The entire point of this article was forcing Musk/X to deal with the rash of abuse materials why is it that you are framing this as "censoring Grok". Very weird position to take.
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What I want to say about this man and all who enable him would probably get me banned from here (or put on some sort of list in real life, lol), so suffice it to say, I hope Musk gets what is coming to him, and soon.
Unfortunately, in our timeline, it increasingly seems like evil always wins.
Unfortunately, in our timeline, it increasingly seems like evil always wins.
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We can't deploy an AI, allow it to break the law by replying to people with fake nude/porn pictures of them in public, and then cry "censorship".
There are issues with some UK laws, but this is not it.
There are issues with some UK laws, but this is not it.
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