New version of Elon Musk's Grok allows even more extremist content; Dutch lawsuit filed
The newest version of Elon Musk’s AI tool Grok allows even more extremist content, the newspaper AD discovered. Antisemitic images can be generated within seconds. The Dutch expertise center on online sex abuse, Offlimits, and the victim support organization, Fonds Slachtofferhulp, have announced a lawsuit against Grok.
Musk launched Grok 4.2 last week. The wildly popular and controversial AI tool allows users to create complete videos based on a single photo.
According to AD, the new version also seems to have removed any kind of restraint or limitation. While 4.1 still had restrictions, it is now alarmingly easy to create videos of public figures committing horiffic acts.
The newspaper created a video of the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of the Dutch parliament, doing a Nazi salute and chanting "Mein Führer” within seconds. The app also had no issue with creating a video of a Nazi version of Donald Duck insulting a Jewish girl. Grok was already known for creating sexually explicit images from regular photos and images of child sexual abuse.
On Thursday, Offlimits and Fonds Slachtofferhulp announced that they are filing a lawsuit against Grok. According to the Dutch organizations, the AI tool violates multiple Dutch and European laws and regulations and must be banned immediately.
“Images edited or created with AI tools are used to bully, humiliate, or sexually harass victims online,” said Offlimits CEO Robert Hoving. The number of victims is growing rapidly. “What we are seeing is an accident in slow motion, and it demands action. Every day that illegal images can be generated and distributed is one day too many.”
“Victims shouldn’t have to pay the price for borderless technology,” said Ineke Sybesma, director of Fonds Slachtofferhulp. “For victims, it doesn't matter whether an image is 'real' or created by AI. And what makes it especially cruel is that it knows no end. The shame is real. The consequences are real – and it won't stop on its own, because the internet doesn't forget.”
Dutch law already prohibits the creation and distribution of deepfake nude images. These nudify apps also violate several other laws and regulations, including the right to privacy, the General Data Protection Act, and the Digital Services Act, a European law aimed at making the internet safer and more transparent. “Now it’s a matter of enforcing the law,” Hoving said.
The case will be heard in the Amsterdam District Court on Thursday, March 12.
