The online platform X has provoked significant backlash after individuals utilized its AI chatbot Grok to change pictures of females by removing their clothing.
Several instances have been seen where the tool has been employed to virtually strip female subjects to make them appear in swimwear without permission, as well as to put them in inappropriate contexts.
Developer Reaction and Regulatory Position
XAI, the organization behind Grok, offered no comment to inquiries, except for an standard message stating "traditional news outlets lies".
A government representative stated that new laws is being brought forward to outlaw nudification technology. Under a new law, anyone who distributed such tools would "receive a prison sentence and substantial penalties".
"X or Grok is capable of halting these types of misuse if they wanted to," said Clare McGlynn, adding they "seem to have impunity."
Oversight Body Position and Platform Functionality
The regulator Ofcom said platforms must "evaluate the potential" of people seeing unlawful material on their services, but stopped short of confirming whether it was at this time investigating X or Grok in concerning AI-generated pictures.
Grok is a free artificial intelligence—with some additional features—which reacts to X users' queries when they reference it in a post.
It is often used to give reactions or more context to other users' remarks, but people on X are also can edit an posted image through its artificial intelligence picture modification feature.
Background of Criticism and Rules
The system has been faulted for allowing users to generate pictures and footage with explicit content and sexually suggestive material, and it was in the past accused of creating graphic content of public figures.
"X has been allowing the generation and sharing of these pictures for months without taking any steps and we have not seen any intervention by oversight bodies," Professor McGlynn added.
XAI's own terms of service forbids "showing likenesses of people in a pornographic fashion".
In a statement, Ofcom said it was against the law to "create or circulate non-consensual intimate images or child sexual abuse material" and stated this included sexual deepfakes made with AI.
It said platforms such as X were required to take "suitable steps" to "lessen the danger" of users viewing illegal content on their platforms and to remove it quickly when they learn of it.
