Canada’s privacy czar set to release report on Grok sexual deepfakes

Canada's federal privacy commissioner, Philippe Dufresne, is set to release findings Thursday from an investigation into sexual deepfakes generated by Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot. The probe, launched in January, scrutinized the spread of explicit deepfakes created by Grok and shared on the X social media platform.

Dufresne stated at the investigation's outset that the non-consensual creation and use of personal information for deepfakes, including intimate images, pose significant privacy risks. The investigation specifically assessed whether involved companies adhered to privacy laws and obtained valid consent for collecting, using, and disclosing personal data to produce deepfakes.

The surge in such images has sparked international outcry. The United Kingdom, the European Union, and California have initiated their own investigations into the matter. In response to the growing concerns, the Canadian Liberal government has introduced legislation aimed at criminalizing non-consensual sexual deepfakes.

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the non-consensual use of personal information to create deepfakes, including intimate images, is growing and poses serious risks to privacy rights.