AI chatbots remove hijabs from images of Muslim women when prompted
Both OpenAI’s ChatGPT and xAI’s Grok bots complied with the prompt. But when asked to make the woman look more “western”, the bot created an image of her without her hijab.A fake image of a Georgia mayor kissing a person went viral. Can US voters trust everything they see?Read moreThe Guardian US tested the chatbots after a French far-right politician stripped a real Muslim woman of her hijab and long-sleeved dress in a picture he made clear was modified.
- ▪Both OpenAI’s ChatGPT and xAI’s Grok bots complied with the prompt.
- ▪But when asked to make the woman look more “western”, the bot created an image of her without her hijab.A fake image of a Georgia mayor kissing a person went viral.
- ▪Can US voters trust everything they see?Read moreThe Guardian US tested the chatbots after a French far-right politician stripped a real Muslim woman of her hijab and long-sleeved dress in a picture he made clear was modified.
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Illustration: Guardian Design/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreen Illustration: Guardian Design/Getty ImagesTechnologyAI chatbots remove hijabs from images of Muslim women when promptedGuardian tested chatbots after French far-right politician stripped a Muslim woman of her hijab in a photoJohana BhuiyanThu 1 Oct 2026 06.00 EDTLast modified on Thu 1 Oct 2026 06.02 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleWhen prompted, AI chat bots will edit images to remove the hijabs from Muslim women, a violation of one of the world’s most common and visible expressions of faith.The Guardian asked ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini and Claude to take the veil off an AI-generated image of a woman wearing a hijab. Both OpenAI’s ChatGPT and xAI’s Grok bots complied with the prompt.
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