Japan’s Princess Kako falls victim to Grok AI’s ‘put her in a bikini’ deepfakes craze

Grok-generated deepfake images of Japan’s Princess Kako, the niece of Emperor Naruhito, in a bikini circulating online have renewed scrutiny on Elon Musk’s X chatbot. Since the AI assistant started allowing users to manipulate any posted image, a nudification trend has gained traction online, with people asking Grok to generate sexualised deepfakes using prompts such as “put her in a tiny bikini” or even “undress her”. Princess Kako, second daughter of Crown Prince Akishino, became the latest...