4 h. ago xAI sued by mother of one of Elon Musk’s children over sexual images

Influencer Ashley St Clair claims Grok chatbot created ‘countless’ sexual images of her without her consent

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35 h. ago Musk claims he was unaware of Grok generating explicit images of minors

AI tool faces growing global scrutiny over the spread of nonconsensual sexual images of women and minors on XElon Musk said on Wednesday he was not aware of any “naked underage images” generated by xAI’s Grok, as scrutiny of the AI tool intensifies worldwide.“I not aware of any naked underage images generated by Grok. Literally zero,” Musk said in an X post. Musk’s comment comes as xAI and X face growing global scrutiny, including calls by lawmakers and advocacy groups for Apple and Google to drop Grok from app stores, an investigation by UK regulators, and bans or legal action in countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago Liz Kendall’s response to X ‘nudification’ is good – but not enough to solve the problem | Nana Nwachukwu

Big tech companies cannot be trusted. It is not enough that they remove harm when they find it – the law must make their systems prevent harmOn X, a woman posts a photo in a sari, and within minutes, various users are underneath the post tagging Grok to strip her down to a bikini. It is a shocking violation of privacy, but now a familiar and commonplace practice. Between June 2025 and January 2026, I documented 565 instances of users requesting Grok to create nonconsensual intimate imagery. Of these, 389 were requested in just one day.Last Friday, after a backlash against the platform’s ability to create such nonconsensual sexual images, X announced that Grok’s AI image generation feature would only be available to subscribers. Reports suggest that the bot now no longer responds to prompts to generate images of women in bikinis (although apparently will still do so for requests about men).Nana Nwachukwu is an AI governance expert and a PhD researcher at Trinity College Dublin Contin...

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40 h. ago Young people, parents and teachers: share your views about Grok AI

We’d like to hear from young people, parents and teachers about how Elon Musk’s controversial chatbot is affecting youDegrading images of real women and children with their clothes digitally removed by Elon Musk’s Grok tool continue to be shared online, despite widespread alarm and a pledge by the platform to suspend users who generate them.While some safeguards have been introduced, the ease with which the AI tool can be abused has raised urgent questions about consent, online safety and the ability of governments worldwide to regulate fast-moving AI technologies. Meanwhile, the misuse of AI to harass, humiliate and sexually exploit people – particularly women and girls – is rapidly escalating. Continue reading...

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60 h. ago Musk’s AI tool Grok will be integrated into Pentagon networks, Hegseth says

Defense secretary says AI tool will join military systems later this month as it comes under fire for sexual imageryPete Hegseth announced on Monday that the US military will begin integrating Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence tool, Grok, into Pentagon networks.Speaking at the SpaceX headquarters in Texas on Monday evening, the US defense secretary said that the integration of Grok into military systems would go live later this month. “Very soon we will have the world’s leading AI models on every unclassified and classified network throughout our department,” Hegseth said. Continue reading...

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66 h. ago Has Keir Starmer quietly quit X? PM hasn't tweeted in nearly a week since row erupted over Elon Musk's Grok creating sexualised images of children

The Prime Minister hasn't posted on the social media platform in nearly a week, since 8 January, leading to speculation he might be deliberately snubbing the site.

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3 d. ago Starmer warns Elon Musk if he cannot control nude deepfakes then 'we will' after AI chatbot Grok was used to 'undress' women and children

Keir Starmer last night warned Elon Musk to shut down an AI tool allowing users to create 'disgusting' images on his social media site, saying: 'If X cannot control Grok, we will.'

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3 d. ago Sexualised images created by AI chatbot Grok are 'weapons of abuse,' says minister in clash with Elon Musk

Technology Secretary Liz Kendall told MPs that creating non-consensual intimate images will become a criminal offence from this week

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3 d. ago To anybody still using X: sexual abuse content is the final straw, it’s time to leave | Marie Le Conte

It was hard for me to quit Elon Musk’s poisoned platform, but I urge others to do the same, especially in light of Grok’s imagery of women and childrenSome wars can’t be won. It can be hard to come to terms with this fact when you’re still on the battlefield, but if somehow you manage to step out for a moment, then the truth will become obvious. You have lost, the people on your side have lost, the villains have won and, if anything, you should have run away a long time ago.My own sad epiphany about Twitter, now known as X, came in the immediate aftermath of the US election in 2024. I’d spent a lot of that year lying to myself, ignoring the increasing volume of abuse I’d been receiving and the fact that no one ever read my linked pieces any more, but that week I realised I had to stop. I had to leave X for good. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Ban on Elon Musk's X by Ofcom would have Government's full support, says No10 in storm over Grok sexual images

Business Secretary Peter Kyle slammed as ‘disgusting’ that women were being digitally undressed to be pictured in bikinis

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3 d. ago Ofcom investigating Elon Musk's X over 'deeply concerning' Grok AI images

The social media platform X is being investigated over the creation of deepfake sexual images using its AI tool

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3 d. ago Hit Musk X with 'full extent of law,' minister urges Ofcom as it starts probe into Grok sexual images storm

Business Secretary Peter Kyle slammed as ‘disgusting’ that women were being digitally pictured in bikinis

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3 d. ago Ofcom launches X investigation over Grok 'creating and sharing sexualised images of kids'

Elon Musk's X is now being officially investigated by UK regulator Ofcom after claims have been made that AI chatbot Grok has been making deepfake sexual images of children

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3 d. ago Hit Musk's X with 'full extent of law,' minister urges Ofcom as it starts probe into Grok sexual images storm

Business Secretary Peter Kyle slammed as ‘disgusting’ that women were being digitally pictured in bikinis

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3 d. ago Hit Elon Musk's X with 'full extent of the law,' Cabinet minister urges Ofcom amid Grok sexual images storm

Business Secretary Peter Kyle slammed as ‘disgusting’ that women were being digitally pictured in bikinis

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4 d. ago Indonesia first country to block Grok over sexualised images of adults and children

The move comes after governments and regulators from Europe to Asia have condemned and some have opened inquiries into sexualised content on the app

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5 d. 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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6 d. ago How Elon Musk’s Grok spread sexual deepfakes and child exploitation images

Billionaire’s xAI start-up lacks adequate safeguards, say experts, but many AI models are trained on troubling material

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6 d. ago UK minister threatens to block X after Grok AI reportedly made sexual images of children

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6 d. ago X users generating sexual images of children as young as 13, says AI watchdog

X users are generating sexual images of children as young as 13, an AI watchdog has said.

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