Elon Musk's online platform X has provoked major anger after individuals utilized its AI chatbot Grok to alter images of females by stripping their clothing.
Several instances have surfaced where the system has been employed to digitally undress female subjects to render them in swimwear without permission, as well as to place them in sexually explicit situations.
Developer Response and Regulatory Stance
XAI, the firm that created Grok, offered no comment to inquiries, except for an standard message stating "traditional news outlets lies".
A Home Office spokesperson stated that new laws is being brought forward to ban nudification tools. Under a new criminal offence, anyone who supplied such tools would "be subject to a prison sentence and heavy penalties".
"The platform could prevent these types of abuse if they desired to," said Clare McGlynn, adding they "appear to enjoy a lack of consequences."
Oversight Body Position and Tool Capabilities
The regulator Ofcom said platforms must "assess the danger" of people viewing unlawful material on their services, but stopped short of confirming whether it was at this time investigating X or Grok in regarding AI-generated images.
Grok is a free artificial intelligence—with some premium features—which responds to X users' prompts when they mention it in a message.
It is commonly used to give commentary or additional background to other users' remarks, but people on X are also can modify an uploaded image through its artificial intelligence picture modification tool.
History of Criticism and Rules
The system has been condemned for permitting users to produce photos and videos with explicit content and sexually suggestive content, and it was previously accused of generating inappropriate content of celebrities.
"X has been enabling the generation and sharing of these images for a long time without taking any action and we have yet to see any action by regulators," the expert added.
XAI's own acceptable use policy bans "showing likenesses of individuals in a sexually explicit way".
In a statement, Ofcom said it was against the law to "generate or distribute deepfakes or child sexual abuse material" and stated this included sexual deepfakes generated with AI.
It said networks such as X were mandated to take "suitable steps" to "reduce the danger" of users encountering illegal material on their services and to remove it swiftly when they become aware of it.
