"Peter Kyle, the business secretary, said the government would fully support any action taken by Ofcom, the media regulator, against X including the possibility that the platform could be blocked in the UK. Kyle said Ofcom had received information it had requested from X as part of a fast-tracked investigation into the use of platform's built-in AI tool, Grok, to generate large numbers of manipulated images of people, often depicting them in minimal clothing or sexualised poses."
"The fact that I met just yesterday a Jewish woman who has found her image of herself in a bikini outside Auschwitz being generated by AI and put online made me feel sick to my stomach, he said. And the fact that there are people who are running and designing these materials, putting it out on to the internet without checking the impact it would have on their customers and their service users and to society as a whole, I think is a real worry."
UK ministers signalled potential action against X over the mass production of sexualised AI-generated images of women and children and warned the platform is not keeping users safe. Ofcom initiated an expedited inquiry after receiving information about the platform's built-in AI tool, Grok, being used to generate large numbers of manipulated images often showing people in minimal clothing or sexualised poses. The business secretary pledged full government support for any Ofcom measures, including a possible ban, and the technology secretary prepared a Commons statement. Ministers cited disturbing individual cases and criticised inadequate testing and impact assessment of the tool. Ofcom holds powers from heavy fines to blocking services.
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