AI deepfakes

Ottawa (Rajeev Sharma): Canada’s Privacy Commissioner has expanded an ongoing investigation into Elon Musk’s social media platform X and its affiliated artificial intelligence firm xAI, following reports that the chatbot Grok is being used to generate and circulate explicit images of individuals without their consent. Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne said the growing misuse of artificial intelligence to create deepfake images, including intimate content, poses a serious threat to personal privacy. He described the practice as a rapidly emerging concern with the potential to cause significant harm to individuals. Given the seriousness of the issue, Dufresne said his office will broaden…