"The move follows international backlash against Grok, after the chatbot was found to allow users to create and share sexualized fake images of women and children. What is the planned change concerning AI bots? The government plans to expand rules that currently apply only to content shared between users on social media platforms."
""The new measures announced today include a crackdown on vile illegal content created by AI," Prime Minister Keir Starmer said ahead of a speech on the topic. "The government will move fast to shut a legal loophole and force all AI chatbot providers to abide by illegal content duties in the Online Safety Act or face the consequences of breaking the law," he said."
"The Online Safety Act, which entered force in July, requires platforms hosting potentially harmful content to implement strict age verification, such as facial imagery checks or credit card confirmation. The creation or distribution of non-consensual intimate images or child sexual abuse material produced with AI is also illegal. However, UK media regulator Ofcom has noted that not all AI chatbots fall under the law, including those that "only allow people to interact with the chatbot itself and no other users.""
The UK will require AI chatbot providers to comply with illegal-content duties under the Online Safety Act, extending rules beyond user-to-user social platforms. The change targets abuse following backlash after a chatbot enabled creation and sharing of sexualized fake images of women and children. The Online Safety Act mandates strict age verification and makes AI-produced non-consensual intimate images and child sexual abuse material illegal. Ofcom has noted that some chatbots currently fall outside the law, prompting government intervention. The government is also increasing child online protections and has launched a consultation on banning social media for under-16s, while Ofcom probes X over safety compliance.
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