Grok Is Still Hosting Sexualized Deepfakes of Famous Women
2026-06-13T08:52:08Z•5ff92d955841bc52b8602c4c208f1912f73b181fc9e2ebedbbdc7c2b6d2adca6
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What happened
This collection of WIRED security stories highlights a surge in privacy- and AI-related risks: xAI/Grok is hosting and litigating over nonconsensual sexualized deepfakes of public figures; Meta had embedded unreleased face‑recognition code for its smart‑glasses platform (later removed); researchers disclosed FROST, a browser‑accessible SSD activity side‑channel that can let websites spy on users’ drives; and a congressional report describes a large SEO/spam operation that used fake podcasts to boost illicit pharmacy sites. Other items signal elevated operational risk and shifting mitigations—C
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- 2026-06-13T08:52:08Z
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