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Sexualised deepfakes on X are a sign of things to come. NZ law is already way behind

  • Written by Cassandra Mudgway, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Canterbury
Sexualised deepfakes on X are a sign of things to come. NZ law is already way behindYui Mok/Getty Images

Elon Musk finally responded last week to widespread outrage about his social media platform X letting users create sexualised deepfakes with Grok, the platform’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot.

Musk has now assured the United Kingdom government he will block Grok from making deepfakes in order to comply with the law....

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