Human behavior shapes AI harms

Twitter/X’s Grok is undressing people, including minors, but xAI doesn’t seem to care. 

Now that Twitter is worse than ever, will that be enough to stop Canadian public figures from using the platform? 

Jen Gerson of The Line joins to consider the future options for an online public square.   

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Katie Laur (Associate Producer and Fact Checking) Caleb Thompson (Mixing and Mastering), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Guest: Jen Gerson

Further reading: 

• Elon Musk's Grok AI says images of 'minors in minimal clothing' caused by safeguard lapses | CBC News
• France to investigate deepfakes of women stripped naked by Grok – POLITICO 
• Elon Musk company bot apologizes for sharing sexualized images of children - Los Angeles Times
• Canadian government officials, what are you still doing on X in 2026? | Canada's National Observer  
• In the age of AI, it's easy to make deepfake porn. But victims find it hard to undo the damage | CBC News 
• City of Calgary ignored two decades of warning signs about water system, report finds - The Globe and Mail
•  Thunder Bay, Ont., once again reports the highest homicide rate in Canada | CBC News 

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