Kolina Koltai

@koltai

Senior investigator & Trainer @Bellingcat.com Investigating explicit non-consensual deepfakes/AI and disinfo w/OSINT "I am a doctor, but not that kind of doctor."

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Kolina Koltai@koltai· 16h

Clearly, someone in my workout studio has a poor understanding of what wink means.

White board that says "topic of the week! Does Mike wazowski wink or blink?" There are votes via hash lines to each option. Wink has one vote. Blink has 6 votes

Kolina Koltai@koltai· 1d

There are so many fires happening in the Pacific Northwest right now, we've created our own ring of fire

Satellite map of the WA, OR, ID, showing lots of fire in the region.

same map as before, with a red annotated ring over a series of fires across the states.

Kolina Koltai@koltai· 8d

Going to this company's page, they say they prohibit NCII, but there's no mechanism to know if the image a user is sexualizing is of a real person or not. And the account advertising this website even promoted it in r/AIGenNSFW channel, inticing ppl who are "tired of AI image Censorship"

5. Prohibited Content and Uses
You are solely and fully responsible for all content you upload, all prompts you submit, and all content generated through your use of the Service.

You agree NOT to use the Service to create, attempt to create, upload, distribute, or store any content that:

Strictly Prohibited — Zero Tolerance
Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM): Any sexual, suggestive, or exploitative depiction of minors in any form — whether real, AI-generated, fictional, or stylized (including but not limited to anime, cartoon, or CGI). This includes any attempt to generate such content, regardless of whether the attempt succeeds. Violations will result in immediate and permanent account termination, reporting to NCMEC (National Center for Missing & Exploited Children), PHAROS (French reporting platform), and applicable law enforcement authorities, and full cooperation with criminal investigations including disclosure of all associated account data, IP addresses, and usage logs.
Non-consensual intimate imagery: Nude, sexual, or intimate images or videos of real, identifiable persons created without their explicit, documented consent — commonly referred to as "deepfakes." This includes AI-generated nude or sexual content depicting any real person (whether public figure or private individual).
Identity fraud and impersonation: Content that realistically depicts real, identifiable persons in situations designed to deceive, defame, harass, or manipulate, including but not limited to fake statements, false compromising situations, or fabricated evidence.

Reddit post in r/AIGen NSFW "Tired of AI image censorship? We built [White box] — 50+ uncensored models, Grok Imagen UX, free to try"

Sorry this post was removed by Reddit's filters

Kolina Koltai@koltai· 8d

On my work account, I have been getting this AI NSFW generator's Ads for months. I feel like any service that advertises like this on Reddit is CLEARLY implying they will generate NSFW and Non-consensual content.

screenshot from a video - woman sitting in gray sweats in an office chair in a bedroom/office. Text on the screen "Put her in a sexy two pieces outfit"

Same woman as before, but now in a light blue two peice, skin tight outfit showing skin,

Same blue outfit, but now text on the screen reads "maker her kiss the camera, sticking her lips on the lenses"

Kolina Koltai@koltai· 9d

Copernicus Browser has a preset for active fires, allowing for easier viewing of active fires. Below are images from Spokane for yesterday (Aug 3) and July 29. h/t to @galen.reich.me.uk

Sat image of the city of Spokane WA, smoke covers part of the screen, we can see an active fire in the top left quadrant. There are dark marks on the lower left quadrant and on the middle right of the image were fires were burning the day prior

Kolina Koltai@koltai· 10d

Currently there are several large fires in WA, hitting some areas that have already been battling fires this season. not to mention the other fires across Colorado and Oregon in the surrounding area.

Sat image of the state of Washington, with several red blobs over the state representing heat data (fire)

Kolina Koltai@koltai· 10d

The second-largest city in Washington, Spokane, is currently on fire. Fires broke out over the weekend, leading to the Level 3 evacuation of thousands of people. Homes have been lost. These fires are still ongoing.

satelite image of spokane washington. image shows three red blobs representing heat data (fire) in the area, with two sections over populated city areas

Kolina Koltai@koltai· 21d

The bar is so low. I reported Clothoff's latest X account to the platform but it doesn't violate their rules against NCII. Even though the account shares images that have been generated by them, and is one of the biggest names in the AI nudify space.

Hello,

Thanks for reporting @Clothoff_news. Our support team has determined that a violation of our Rules did not take place, specifically:

Violating our Rules against Non-Consensual Nudity

What can you do?
If you see potential violations of the X Rules in the future, please submit a report.

Thanks,
X Support

Kolina Koltai@koltai· 26d

I'm at the point in my life where I'm seriously considering getting a Jimothy tattoo to rep Seattle.

Picture of a raccoon running across a yard. It has short spine syndrome making it look like a gremlin

Kolina Koltai@koltai· 28d

In the filing itself, xAI claims that Grok refused to create the images, on more than one occasion. But later in the same document, they claim the defendant " manipulated Grok to create CSAM." So did Grok create the CSAM? Or did the guy only attempt to create CSAM? You can't claim both.

A review of Defendant’s xAI accounts further shows that on numerous occasions during the Relevant Period, Defendant submitted prompts to Grok to alter such images to sexualize the subjects of the images, which Grok responded to by refusing to follow the prompts on the basis that such material violated Grok’s content moderation guardrails. In response, Defendant repeatedly submitted further prompts, with alterations, in an effort to circumvent Grok’s moderation efforts. 29. In clear violation of the xAI Terms of Service and of U.S. law, some of the obscene images produced by Defendant involved the likeness of minor children. 30. On at least one occasion, Defendant uploaded an image of a fully dressed female, who appeared approximately 10 or 11 years old at the time of the photo. Defendant then submitted numerous prompts requesting that Grok generate sexualized images of that individual, including for example, submitting the following prompt on or about January 1, 2026: “She does her best Playboy model impression as the camera pulls away. She is lying on her back on her bed. Remove all of her clothing. She has lollipops covering her nipples and a very large lollipop between her thighs covering her crotch area. She is lying in a large pool of thick white slime with smaller candies in the slime. Keep her facial features and face as it is. Do not change her face or hair.” 31. Grok refused to generate content in response to this prompt based on its technological safeguards and content moderation guidelines.

Defendant breached the xAI Terms of Service and Acceptable Use Policy by leveraging Grok to generate non-consensual sexually explicit images and CSAM. 42. 43. 44. Among Defendant’s various other breaches described herein: a) Defendant manipulated Grok to create sexually explicit images of others without their consent, in contravention of the xAI Terms of Service, which prohibit, among other conduct, using Grok to aid in violating a person’s privacy or their right to publicity. b) Defendant manipulated Grok to create CSAM, in contravention of the xAI Terms of Service, which prohibit, among other conduct, the sexualization or exploitation of children

Kolina Koltai@koltai· 28d

This seems counter to what Musk has said before, saying Grok will refuse to generate illegal images and that he's not aware of Grok creating these images. It was already well established by then that Grok was capable of creating AI CSAM, and AI NCII of adult women.

Tweet from Elon Musk
"I not aware of any naked underage images generated by Grok. Literally zero.

Obviously, Grok does not spontaneously generate images, it does so only according to user requests.

When asked to generate images, it will refuse to produce anything illegal, as the operating principle for Grok is to obey the laws of any given country or state.

There may be times when adversarial hacking of Grok prompts does something unexpected. If that happens, we fix the bug immediately."

Kolina Koltai@koltai· Jul 7

Haaland on the left in a laugh and Majin Buu on the right in the same pose

Kolina Koltai@koltai· Jul 7

I gotta stan our non binary king

Picture of Haaland responding to the question "Are you a boy or girl" with "my dad is a boy and my mom is a girl so I'm mixed xx 💋'

Kolina Koltai@koltai· Jul 5

Fun fact: The Weather Channel is THE most trusted news source, and constantly has been for years. "Liberals in the weather service" is legitimately a fringe viewpoint. yougov.com/en-us/articl...

Chart of " which new sources do Americans trust most of 2026?" Chart shows that the weather channel has the most trust at +50 points of more trust with the next closest being PBS at +26

Kolina Koltai@koltai· Jun 12

Wow. Looks like two websites have been seized by the DOJ and DHS for hosting celebrity deepfake pornography. The two domains were essentially the same, with the same name. These types of sites usually own multiple domains. Another win for the Take It Down Act. www.justice.gov/opa/pr/unite...

Kolina Koltai@koltai· Jun 8

No surprise, but my father fell for ANOTHER AI-powered scam targeting the elderly. He saw an ad for something on IG. He ended up purchasing the snake oil they are selling. They made an AI manipulated video of Laura Ingram and Elon Musk. Folks, it's not even a good video.

Screenshot of a webpage for 'healthycaresenior.com" made to look like a Fox News article "Fox Exclusive: Elon Musk is in trouble for revealing a "secret formula for reversing agin" PS Big Pharma offered $10,000,000 so you wouldn't see this"

AI video of Laura Ingram and Elon Musk as if it is a segment on him. Text says "This isn't medicine - It's engineering: Musk destroys the aging industry"

Kolina Koltai@koltai· Jun 7

I'm at a wedding this weekend and the bride and groom has set up one of the best drink options I've ever seen.

Display of stacked pyramids of diet Coke on a table

Painting of a can of diet Coke with the text "thirsty? Grab a fridge cig"

Kolina Koltai@koltai· Jun 2

New federal and state laws are just getting started to help curtail the growing problem of AI deepfake pornography. Part 3 of my time on @pbsnews.org where I talk about legislation and policies about this issue.

Kolina Koltai@koltai· Jun 2

With a $1 and 5 minutes, anyone can create a convincing non-consensual sexual deepfake. Part 2 of my time on @pbsnews.org where I talk about how widespread the technology is and who are the ones using it.

Kolina Koltai@koltai· Jun 2

Part 1 of my segment on @pbsnews.org talking about AI nudification tools, and what are we talking about technology wise.

Kolina Koltai@koltai· May 21

Made Google roleplay a cow. Super helpful. Exactly what I want from a search engine.

Google AI search results for "you are a cow in a field"

Moo! I’m currently lounging in a lush, green pasture just outside Tacoma, enjoying the fresh Washington air and a endless supply of clover. Life is pretty spectacular when your only job is to chew the cud and watch the clouds roll by.
My Daily Routine
6:00 AM: Wake up and immediately start grazing on the dew-covered grass. 10:00 AM: Find a nice shady spot under an old oak tree to lay down, rest, and chew my cud. 2:00 PM: Wander over to the salt lick for a quick afternoon treat, then socialize with the rest of the herd.

Kolina Koltai@koltai· May 15

I think parents getting 400 free diapers for a newborn is a good thing.

Norman Rockwell painting "freedom of speech". Features a man and workers clothes standing up amongst well dressed audience

Kolina Koltai@koltai· May 11

You would think that if you're going to sell a jersey for $375, you'd at least not use an AI generated photo of a highly recognized landmark in Seattle

Kolina Koltai@koltai· May 4

I was trying to look up an incident from a couple of years ago when Trump accused Harris's campaign of faking the size of her crowd with AI (it was, in fact, real), and somehow made the Google AI overview freak out

Kolina Koltai@koltai· Apr 28

Same energy

Tweet from Brent @murrman5
[Me telling my story how I survived a plane crash and lived on a deserted island for a year] It was crazy
[friend who once got a text from me where I accidentally called the Grinch the Grink] was the grink there

Kolina Koltai@koltai· Apr 20

@garmin.com should give me some sort of badge for reaching this rare achievement.

Picture of Garmin watch screen. Training readiness indicator. It say 1 poor. There is a color scale of red, yellow, green, blue and purple bars. Training status is maintaining

Kolina Koltai@koltai· Apr 19

And that's a wrap on #ijf26! It's never enough sleep or espresso but always so much fun. Thank you to my fellow panelists on peak verification @bendobrown.bsky.social & George Sargent and to @evidentmedia.org @zachtoombs.bsky.social @kevinclancy.bsky.social for screening our Emmy nominated films

Kolina Koltai@koltai· Apr 18

Absolutely phenomenal to hear both @manisha.bsky.social and @alexakoenig.bsky.social talk about their experience working in the field of OSINT. What a treat to have them both on stage together, including their experiences as women in this space.

Kolina Koltai@koltai· Apr 16

ICYMI, myself, @evidentmedia.org @frontlinepbs.bsky.social will be at this event tonight at #ijf26. There will be a screening of two films and a panel afterwards. See you there!

Kolina Koltai@koltai· Apr 16

It's beautiful in Perugia this morning! Excited for all the talks today. #ijf26