Expert Comment: Chatbot-driven sexual abuse? The Grok case is just the tip of the iceberg

Published on January 14, 2026

Dr Federica Fedorczyk, Early Career Research Fellow at the Institute for Ethics in AI, works on AI regulation and ethics with a focus on the intersection between AI and the criminal justice system. In this article, she explores how chatbot-enabled ‘deep nudes’ expose a wider ecosystem of online misogyny and why safeguards must be built in, not bolted on.
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