The EU Council and a broad cross-party coalition of lawmakers have initiated a movement to incorporate a specific ban on sexualised deepfakes into the EU AI Act. This legislative push gained significant momentum following the Grok scandal, involving the AI-driven generation of non-consensual intimate content targeting women and children, and is currently supported by member states including Spain, France, Ireland, and Slovenia. Despite this growing political backing, the proposal faces potential legal hurdles, as the Council’s legal service has cautioned that any new prohibition must align with the simplification scope of the European Commission’s AI omnibus proposal. The viability of this ban will be determined in the upcoming compromise text scheduled for release later in February 2026, which must balance the urgent call for explicit protections against non-consensual imagery with existing regulatory frameworks.
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