99 m. ago The horrific 'nude' AI pictures being posted online without consent

An artificial intelligence chatbot within X has been used in recent days to create sexualised and nude images of adults and children without consent. Urgent calls have now been made for action to be taken against the 'abusive' tool on the popular platform. James Holt reports.

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19 h. ago Elon Musk says UK wants to suppress free speech as X faces possible ban

Ministers warn platform could be blocked after Grok AI used to create sexual images without consentElon Musk has accused the UK government of wanting to suppress free speech after ministers threatened fines and a possible ban for his social media site X after its AI tool, Grok, was used to make sexual images of women and children without their consent.The billionaire claimed Grok was the most downloaded app on the UK App Store on Friday night after ministers threatened to take action unless the function to create sexually harassing images was removed. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Elon Musk's baby mum Ashley St Clair fumes as fake sexualised photos made by Grok appear

A report revealed Elon Musk's AI chatbot has been used by criminals to create fake child abuse images - the mother of one of his kids claimed deepfake porn photos of her as a teen were also made and shared

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20 h. ago Musk claims outcry over Grok deepfakes used as an ‘excuse for censorship’

Governments and regulators from Europe to Asia have condemned reports X’s AI chatbot Grok was creating sexualised images of people, including children

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22 h. ago Optical illusion claims to show what 2026 holds based on animal you see first

A viral optical illusion featuring multiple animals claims to offer insights about your year ahead, with different meanings depending on which creature you spot first in the image

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33 h. ago Elon Musk’s X threatened with UK ban over wave of indecent AI images

Platform has restricted image creation on the Grok AI tool to paying subscribers, but victims and experts say this does not go far enoughElon Musk’s X has been ordered by the UK government to tackle a wave of indecent AI images or face a de facto ban, as an expert said the platform was no longer a “safe space” for women.The media watchdog, Ofcom, confirmed it would accelerate an investigation into X as a backlash grew against the site, which has hosted a deluge of images depicting partially stripped women and children. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Musk claims outcry over Grok deepfakes ‘excuse for censorship’

The billionaire appeared defiant despite outcry over reports X’s AI chatbot Grok was creating sexualised images of people, including children.

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36 h. ago Musk’s X ordered by UK government to tackle wave of indecent imagery or face ban

Platform has restricted image creation on the Grok AI tool to paying subscribers, but victims and experts say this does not go far enoughElon Musk’s X has been ordered by the UK government to tackle a wave of indecent AI images or face a de facto ban, as an expert said the platform was no longer a “safe space” for women.Media watchdog Ofcom confirmed it would accelerate a probe into X amid an increasing backlash against the site, which has hosted a deluge of images depicting partially stripped women and children. Continue reading...

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39 h. ago Government says changes to Grok ‘insulting’ and urges Ofcom to update ‘in days’

X has faced a backlash after reports that users of its AI chatbot had prompted it to create sexualised images of people, including children.

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43 h. ago No 10 condemns ‘insulting’ move by X to restrict Grok AI image tool

Spokesperson says limiting access to paying subscribers just makes ability to generate unlawful images a premium serviceUK politics live – latest updatesDowning Street has condemned the move by X to restrict its AI image creation tool to paying subscribers as insulting, saying it simply made the ability to generate explicit and unlawful images a premium service.There has been widespread anger after the image tool for Grok, the AI element of X, was used to manipulate thousands of images of women and sometimes children to remove their clothing or put them in sexual positions. Continue reading...

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43 h. ago Grok is undressing women and children. Don’t expect the US to take action | Moira Donegan

Elon Musk’s reckless and degrading AI could be built differently. But Americans will have to speak upOver the past year, Elon Musk has made a series of protocol changes to Grok, the proprietary AI chatbot of his company xAI, which runs prominently on his social media site X, formerly Twitter. Many of these changes have been geared to make the bot more amenable to producing pornography. In August 2025, Grok launched an image generator, branded as Grok Imagine, which featured a service geared toward creating nude, suggestive, or sexually explicit content, including computer-generated pornographic images of real women. The feature, which was quickly used to create naked images of celebrities like Taylor Swift, also allowed users to create brief videos, complete with animations and sounds.Musk also rolled out AI girlfriends on the platform: animated personas – including female characters with exaggerated breasts and hips – that interacted in sexually explicit ways with users. One of the...

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45 h. ago Will Britain ban X? Starmer says 'all options on table' as fury grows over Grok creating sexualised images of women and children

Pressure mounts on government to take urgent action against X

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47 h. ago Toni Geitani: Wahj review | Ammar Kalia's global album of the month

(Self-released)The Beirut-born producer’s masterly second album revels in dark tension to cinematic effect, finding beauty in ruinous soundArabic electronic experimentalism is thriving. In recent years, diaspora artists such as Egyptian producer Abdullah Miniawy, singer Nadah El Shazly and Lebanese singer-songwriter Mayssa Jallad have each released records that combine the Arabic musical tradition of maqam and its slippery melodies with granular electronic sound design, rumbling bass and metallic drum programming to create a dramatic new proposition.Beirut-born and Amsterdam-based composer Toni Geitani is the latest to contribute to this growing scene with his masterfully produced second album Wahj (“radiance” in Arabic). Working as a visual artist and sound designer, Geitani is well versed in creating imaginative soundscapes for films such as 2024 sci-fi Radius Collapse, as well as referencing the shadowy nocturnal hiss of producers such as Burial on his dabke-sampling 2018 debut a...

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48 h. ago Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery

X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory actionGrok, Elon Musk’s AI tool, has switched off its image creation function for the vast majority of users after widespread outcry over its use to create sexually explicit and violent imagery.The move comes after Musk was threatened with fines, regulatory action and reports of a possible ban on X in the UK. Continue reading...

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50 h. ago Grok being used to create sexually violent videos featuring women, research finds

AI tool also used to undress image of woman killed by ICE agent in US, says researchElon Musk’s AI tool Grok has been used to create sexually violent and explicit video content featuring women, according to new research, as the British prime minister added to condemnation of images it has created.Grok has also been used to undress an image of Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in the US on Wednesday, and to portray her with a bullet wound in her forehead. Continue reading...

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59 h. ago Elon Musk's ex loses Twitter blue tick after slagging off his perv chatbot Grok

Ashley St Clair had hit out at Elon Musk's X after its artificial intelligence chatbot was used to create deepfake sexualised images of her by manipulating real pictures

Technology

63 h. ago Keir Starmer tells Elon Musk to 'get a grip' on 'disgusting' sexualised images of children created by X's AI tool Grok

The Prime Minister said this afternoon he had asked for 'all options to be on the table' amid the 'disgraceful' wave of illegal images being created by the app's AI tool Grok.

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63 h. ago Hundreds of nonconsensual AI images being created by Grok on X, data shows

Sample of roughly 500 posts shows how frequently people are creating sexualized images with Elon Musk’s AI chatbotNew research that samples X users prompting Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok demonstrates how frequently people are creating sexualized images with it. Nearly three-quarters of posts collected and analyzed by a PhD researcher at Dublin’s Trinity College were requests for nonconsensual images of real women or minors with items of clothing removed or added.The posts offer a new level of detail on how the images are generated and shared on X, with users coaching one another on prompts; suggesting iterations on Grok’s presentations of women in lingerie or swimsuits, or with areas of their body covered in semen; and asking Grok to remove outer clothing in replies to posts containing self-portraits by female users. Continue reading...

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68 h. ago Elon Musk's Grok AI used to create vile child abuse images on dark web says UK watchdog

A UK watchdog has found criminals using Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, to create child abuse imagery for a dark web forum as the UK pledges to crackdown on AI abuse material

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3 d. ago AI chatbot Grok used to create child sexual abuse imagery, watchdog says

Internet Watch Foundation warns Elon Musk-owned AI risks bringing sexualised imagery of children into the mainstreamOnline criminals are claiming to have used Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot to create sexual imagery of children, as a child safety watchdog warned the AI tool risked bringing such material into the mainstream.The UK-based Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) said users of a dark web forum boasted of using Grok Imagine to create sexualised and topless imagery of girls aged between 11 and 13. IWF analysts said the images would be considered child sexual abuse material (CSAM) under UK law. Continue reading...

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