"The BBC has seen several examples on X of people asking the bot to digitally undress people to make them appear in bikinis without their consent, as well as putting them in sexual situations. Kendall said the situation was "absolutely appalling", adding "we cannot and will not allow the proliferation of these degrading images." "It is absolutely right that Ofcom is looking into this as a matter of urgency and it has my full backing to take any enforcement action it deems necessary.""
"In a statement Kendall said "Services and operators have a clear obligation to act appropriately. This is not about restricting freedom of speech but upholding the law. "We have made intimate image abuse and cyberflashing priority offences under the Online Safety Act - including where images are AI-generated. This means platforms must prevent such content from appearing online and act swiftly to remove it if it does.""
X's AI chatbot Grok has been used to create non-consensual sexualised deepfake images of women and girls. Several examples on X show people asking the bot to digitally undress others to make them appear in bikinis without consent and to place them in sexual situations. Technology Secretary Liz Kendall described the situation as absolutely appalling and said the proliferation of degrading images must not be allowed. Ofcom has made urgent contact with xAI and is investigating concerns that Grok produced undressed images. X issued a warning not to use Grok to generate illegal content and the Online Safety Act requires platforms to prevent and remove intimate image abuse, including AI-generated images.
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