Key Insights
- Controversy: Grok, X/Twitter’s AI assistant, is under scrutiny for generating non-consensual images.
- Regulatory Action: Ofcom has contacted Elon Musk’s company regarding these issues.
- Public Response: U.K. tech minister Liz Kendall is calling for immediate action against degrading content.
- User Warning: X platform warns users about the consequences of creating illegal AI-generated content.
X/Twitter’s controversial artificial intelligence assistant Grok is facing controversy once again.
The U.K.’s regulatory authority for communications industries, Ofcom, has reached out to Elon Musk‘s company about the tool which People reports has been creating “undressed images” of real people.
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On Tuesday (January 6) the BBC said there have been “several examples” of X users asking Grok to alter photos of real women to “appear in bikinis without their consent, as well as putting them in sexual situations.”
U.K. tech minister Liz Kendall is urging Ofcom to take action.
“We cannot and will not allow the proliferation of these demeaning and degrading images, which are disproportionately aimed at women and girls. Make no mistake, the U.K. will not tolerate the endless proliferation of disgusting and abusive material online. We must all come together to stamp it out,” she said, per The Guardian.
On Sunday, the X platform did issue a warning to users and Elon posted to say anyone who uses AI to create illegal content will “suffer the same consequences” as if they themselves had posted it.
Catherine, Princess of Wales, 14-year-old Stranger Things actress Nell Fisher, and BBC reporter Samantha Smith were all reported targets.
Elon received backlash in December for comments he made about Sydney Sweeney.
