What The UK AI Lawsuit Against Musk Reveals
Via ABC News : A British lawmaker said Thursday she is suing Elon Musk’s company xAI for invasion of privacy, alleging that fake images of her were created using the Grok chatbot. Jess Asato, a legislator with the governing Labour Party, says someone used Grok to create fake images of her in a bikini without her consent in January after she criticized the spread of deepfake pornography online. She filed a claim Wednesday at the High Court in London, citing misuse of private information under the Data Protection Act. Just looking at her headshot above, I'm not sure I would want to see a photo of her in a bikini, fake or real. But just as a US observer, other things strike me: first, you can create a picture of anyone in a bikini just with Photoshop, no need to use AI, and people do it all the time. It's ridiculous to think about suing Photoshop because someone can create a phony picture of someone in a bikini. Second, at least in the US, Ms Asato is a public figur...