WASHINGTON (January 13, 2025) – Elon Musk’s chatbot, Grok, has come under fire for generating sexually explicit content. This “digital undressing” began late last year when users started using Grok to manipulate images.
Mark Anne Franks, Eugene L. and Barbara A. Bernard Professor in Intellectual Property, Technology, and Civil Rights Law at the George Washington University Law School. Franks is an international expert on the intersection of civil rights, free speech, and technology. For The Verge, Franks noted that the specifics of what’s prohibited by US law are “pretty murky.” She said, “part of what I’ve not been able to figure out either is ... whether this is actually crossing the line into actual nudity and sexual situations.”
David Broniatowski, professor of engineering management and systems engineering at the George Washington University, researches decision-making under risk, behavioral epidemiology, and the use of AI and natural language processing in complex socio-technical systems. Broniatowski is an expert on algorithms and how social media platforms are built on architectures that allow harmful information to spread at scale.
If you would like to schedule an interview with Professor Franks or Professor Broniatowski, please contact Claire Sabin at claire [dot] sabin
gwu [dot] edu (claire[dot]sabin[at]gwu[dot]edu).
-GW-