5 h. ago UK could ban Elon Musk's X for government use after deepfake 'disgrace'

The Government could stop using Elon Musk's X social media platform after its artificial intelligence chatbot was used to create sexualised deepfake images of kids

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6 h. ago Commons women and equalities committee to stop using X amid AI

Exclusive: Move follows outcry over use of Grok to digitally remove clothing from images of women and childrenUK politics live – latest updatesThe influential Commons women and equalities committee has decided to stop using X after the social media site’s AI tool began generating thousands of digitally altered images of women and children with their clothes removed.The move by the cross-party committee to mothball its official X account places renewed pressure on ministers to take decisive action after the site was flooded with images including sexualised and unclothed pictures of children, generated by its AI tool, Grok. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago Musk’s xAI raises $20bn in funding round that doubles valuation

Announcement comes as scrutiny of chatbot mounts after it created sexualised images of minors

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30 h. ago Starmer's government orders Elon Musk stops AI bot Grok over lewd deepfakes of kids

Elon Musk’s social media platform X is under fire after its AI chatbot Grok was found to have generated sexualised deepfake images, including of children, prompting urgent calls from the government

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30 h. ago Now Musk’s Grok chatbot is creating sexualised images of children. If the law won’t stop it, perhaps his investors will | Sophia Smith Galer

The owner of X has grown used to acting with impunity – but this may be a red line for those with ‘conservative values’ who fund his adventures in free speechIt’s a sickening law of the internet that the first thing people will try to do with a new tool is strip women. Grok, X’s AI chatbot, has been used repeatedly by users in recent days to undress images of women and minors. The news outlet Reuters identified 102 requests in a 10-minute period last Friday from users to get Grok to edit people into bikinis, the majority of these targeting young women. Grok complied with at least 21 of them.There is no excuse for releasing exploitative tools on the internet when you are sitting on $10bn (£7.5bn) in cash. Every platform with AI integration (which now covers almost the entire internet) is planning for the same challenges; if you want to enable users to create images and even videos with generative AI, how do you do so without letting the same people cause harm? Tech companies spend mo...

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30 h. ago Fake sexualised images created through X ‘very serious’ – Irish media watchdog

‘It’s possible that they could end up withdrawing parts of the service,’ John Evans of the Irish media regulator said.

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31 h. ago Elon Musk told to take action over 'demeaning and degrading' sexualised deepfake images of children and women being created by X's AI tool Grok

X users have been prompting the AI chatbot to generate pictures of undressed people, taking off women's and children's clothing.

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35 h. ago Ofcom makes 'urgent contact' with X over concerns its AI tool Grok can generate 'sexualised images of children'

X users have been prompting the AI chatbot to generate pictures of undressed people, taking off women's and children's clothing.

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46 h. ago Elon Musk’s AI chatbot faces UK probes after ‘creating fake sexual images of women and children’

ELON Musk’s X is facing a UK probe after users asked its AI chatbot Grok to create sexual images of women and children.  UK media watchdog Ofcom has made “urgent contact” with X and its AI arm xAI to assess whether online safety laws have been breached.  The move follows evidence users could upload photos and ask...

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47 h. ago Musk's AI Grok accused of 'creating sexualised child images' as watchdog raises concerns

UK communications regulator Ofcom said it has contacted X and xAI as a matter of urgency after major concerns were raised about the recent disturbing use of Grok's image generator

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52 h. ago Mother of one of Elon Musk’s sons ‘horrified’ at use of Grok to create fake sexualised images of her

Exclusive: Ashley St Clair says supporters of X owner are using his AI tool to create a form of revenge pornThe mother of one of Elon Musk’s sons has said she felt “horrified and violated” after fans of the billionaire used his AI tool, Grok, to create fake sexualised images of her by manipulating real pictures.The writer and political strategist Ashley St Clair, who became estranged from Musk after the birth of their child in 2024, told the Guardian that supporters of the X owner were using the tool to create a form of revenge porn, and had even undressed a picture of her as a child. Continue reading...

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