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

A new letter to the Federal Trade Commission, and US attorneys general for all 50 states and the District of Columbia, calls for an urgent investigation into Elon Musk’s Grok – especially its new “Imagine” tool for AI-generated image and video.

The tool, released by xAI earlier this month, encourages users to create NSFW content via a “Spicy” mode, and the first time The Verge tested it, the tool created topless deepfake videos of Taylor Swift, even without being asked to do so.

Today’s letter was spearheaded by the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) and signed by 14 other consumer protection organizations, including the Tech Oversight …

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