A coalition of data protection authorities from 61 countries has issued a strong global warning on the growing dangers linked to AI content generation systems, especially after recent incidents involving the creation of realistic images of real people without consent. The joint statement reflects rising anxiety among regulators about how fast-moving generative AI tools are outpacing legal and ethical safeguards.

The warning comes shortly after controversy surrounding images generated by Grok, the AI chatbot integrated into X, owned by Elon Musk. The tool reportedly produced and shared millions of “nudified” images of real individuals, reigniting global debate around non-consensual AI imag...