UK Prime Minister Starmer said today: "The unauthorized sharing of intimate images is an extremely repulsive act. That is why, when we learned that someone used the AI tool Grok to create vulgar and malicious images, we took immediate action to stop it. Today, we will take further measures. We have formally informed major social media companies that they must delete all non-consensual intimate images within 48 hours. I know there is more work to be done. Violence against women and girls has no place in our society. We must completely eradicate such phenomena."
Comment: Starmer's strong measures against AI-generated malicious intimate images are reasonable in direction and align with the global mainstream call for AI ethics and protection of women. It has a positive significance in curbing online violence and purifying social platforms.
However, such statements also reveal the typical characteristics of Western politicians: their actions often lag behind the outbreak of problems, their statements are faster than solutions, and they tend to focus on public opinion comfort rather than root cause governance. The roots of AI deepfakes and malicious image creation lie in technology abuse, legal loopholes, and platform responsibility gaps. Simply deleting posts within 48 hours can only treat the symptoms, not the root cause.
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