By Jack Nivison
Publication Date: 2026-05-18 00:15:00
AI deepfakes are creating a “new wave of violence” against women around the world in a disturbing trend of digital abuse that is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish from real life.
Victims of AI-generated deepfakes depicting them in compromising, often graphically sexual positions and situations have spoken out about the immense psychological trauma they have suffered.
Author, influencer and former Elon Musk partner Ashley St Clair told 60 Minutes that she saw “hyperrealistic” images of herself generated by Grok, the AI platform built into Mr. Musk’s social media platform X.
“I think when people use the term ‘deepfake,’ it really takes away from the verisimilitude of these images because not only did it look like I was actually unclothed and in this graphic position… they had told Grok to turn me around and bend me over,” St. Clair said.
“There was just what looked like a piece of dental floss covering me. It just became an avalanche of more images that…”