AI SAFETY & ETHICS
From Risk Mitigation to App Bans: Assessing EU Legislation’s Potential to Combat AI-generated Image Abuse
Center for Democracy & Tech
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In late December 2025, X rolled out a new AI-based picture-editing feature in its interface. Users could now edit pictures posted to the website by simply addressing X’s AI-chatbot Grok in a response to the posted picture. What ensued was an avalanche of non-consensual sexualised deepfakes of women and girls, created and shared directly on