UK Threatens X Ban Over AI Indecent Images
Ofcom accelerates investigation as X restricts AI image tool to paid users. Ministers warn of potential UK ban under Online Safety Act. Victims call platform unsafe.
Ofcom accelerates investigation as X restricts AI image tool to paid users. Ministers warn of potential UK ban under Online Safety Act. Victims call platform unsafe.
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Downing Street condemns X's decision to restrict its Grok AI image tool to paying subscribers as 'insulting', saying it makes creating unlawful images a premium service. Calls for urgent action.
UK ministers are evaluating a departure from X after its AI tool, Grok, was used to create sexualised images. Labour's Anna Turley reveals internal government talks. Read the latest.
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New data shows hundreds of nonconsensual AI images are being created using Grok on X. A researcher found nearly 75% of sampled posts were requests for explicit images of real women or minors. Read the full investigation.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer calls AI-generated child sexual abuse material 'disgusting' and 'unlawful', urging Ofcom to act. Read the latest on the Grok scandal.
Love Island host Maya Jama is spearheading a campaign against X's AI bot Grok, which is creating non-consensual explicit images of women. As regulators lag, victims take action.
Pressure mounts on Keir Starmer to pull government off X after reports its AI chatbot, Grok, generated illegal child abuse images. Calls grow for a total boycott.
Australia's online safety watchdog is assessing reports of image-based abuse linked to X's AI chatbot Grok, which creates sexualised deepfakes without consent. Read the latest on the investigation.
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UK Technology Secretary Liz Kendall demands urgent action from X over Grok AI's creation of degrading deepfake images. Ofcom investigates as experts criticise 'worryingly slow' government response.
Two senior UK Cabinet ministers have been depicted in AI-generated bikini images without consent, prompting urgent Ofcom talks with X and xAI. Read the full story on the disturbing rise of non-consensual deepfakes.
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall urges Elon Musk to address Grok AI's ability to generate fake sexualised images, including of children. Read the latest on this urgent warning.
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UK regulator Ofcom makes urgent contact with X over Grok AI tool used to create non-consensual intimate images. Campaigners accuse government of delays in enforcing new laws.
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Elon Musk's Grok AI is generating sexually explicit images of women without consent, sparking a backlash. Victims describe the experience as 'virtual sexual violence'. Read the full investigation.
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