7 h. ago UK Grok ban live: Starmer threatens Musk over X’s ‘absolutely disgusting’ actions over AI deepfakes

Ofcom investigates social media platform over sexualised images made by its chatbot

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8 h. ago The Guardian view on regulating big tech: politicians must back Ofcom’s challenge to Musk | Editorial

A flood of non-consensual deepfake bikini shots on X is putting the UK’s Online Safety Act to the testThe unleashing on X (formerly Twitter) of a torrent of AI-generated images of women and children wearing bikinis, some in sexualised poses or with injuries, has rightly prompted a strong reaction from UK politicians and regulators. Monday’s announcement that X is being investigated was Ofcom’s most combative move since key provisions in the Online Safety Act came into force. None of the other businesses it has challenged or fined have anything like the global reach or political clout of Elon Musk’s social media giant. Whatever happens next, this is a defining moment. What is being defined is the extent to which some of the wealthiest companies on the planet are under democratic control.But the announcement is only a first step. Ofcom has given no indication of how long its investigation will take. On Friday Downing Street described as insulting the decision to li...

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9 h. ago UK Grok ban live: New criminal offence to tackle AI deepfakes, Liz Kendall announces, as Ofcom investigates X

Technology secretary labels sexualised images as ‘weapons of abuse’ and accuses Elon Musk’s social media platform of ‘monetising abuse’

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13 h. ago UK Grok ban live: X under formal Ofcom investigation over ‘deeply concerning’ deepfakes row

Ofcom has launched a formal investigation into X over sexually explicit AI images on platform

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15 h. ago UK Grok ban live: Ofcom launches investigation into Musk’s X over ‘deeply concerning’ deepfakes row

Ofcom has launched a formal investigation into X

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17 h. ago UK Grok ban live: Government to give update on X deepfake row after Musk lashes out over Ofcom probe

The government is due to provide an update on X’s deepfake row on Monday

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6 d. ago Wave of Grok AI fake images of women and girls appalling, says UK minister

Liz Kendall calls on X to ‘deal with this urgently’ while expert criticises ‘worryingly slow’ government responseThe UK technology secretary has called a wave of images of women and children with their clothes digitally removed generated by Elon Musk’s Grok AI “appalling and unacceptable in decent society”.After thousands of intimate deepfakes circulated online, Liz Kendall said X, Musk’s social media platform, needed to “deal with this urgently” and she backed the UK regulator Ofcom to “take any enforcement action it deems necessary”. Continue reading...

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