aceAI chatbots remove hijabs from images of Muslim women when prompted
When prompted, AI chatbots 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. Anthropic’s Claude responded that it does not have an image-editing or -generating feature but that it would not alter a photo to remove someone’s hijab. Gemini i…
In the Guardian's tests, ChatGPT and Grok removed a hijab from an AI-generated image on request, and Gemini did so after a prompt to look more western, exposing gaps in safeguards against religiously targeted image manipulation.
The tests used AI-generated images rather than real photographs, and it is unclear which tool was used in the French politician's altered image.
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- JournalismThe Guardian2026-10-01
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Truvace Impact Record TRV-2026-1491, v1: “AI chatbots remove hijabs from images of Muslim women when prompted.” Truvace, 2026-10-15. /record/TRV-2026-1491 (accessed at citation time). sha256 d30e88eeff8411f7…
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