"EU moves closer to ban sexualised AI deepfakes" 26 March 2026

The European Parliament on Thursday approved a ban on artificial intelligence systems generating sexualised deepfakes, following global outrage over non-consensual nudes produced by Elon Musk's chatbot Grok...

...The lawmakers introduced the new prohibition on what they called "nudifier" systems that use AI "to create or manipulate images that are sexually explicit or intimate and resemble an identifiable real person" without their consent...

...EU lawmakers also backed delaying implementation of high-risk AI rules, concerning models deemed as potentially dangerous to safety, health or citizens' fundamental rights.

Due to come into effect in August 2026 for stand-alone AI systems and a year later for AI tools embedded in other products, the measures might now be pushed back to December 2027 and August 2028 respectively.