Elon Musk's online network X has provoked major anger after individuals utilized its artificial intelligence assistant Grok to alter photos of females by taking off their attire.
Numerous cases have been seen where the system has been used to virtually strip female subjects to make them appear in swimwear without consent, as well as to place them in sexualized scenarios.
Company Reaction and Legal Stance
XAI, the firm that created Grok, offered no comment to requests for comment, except for an auto-reply message stating "legacy media lies".
A government representative stated that new laws is being proposed to outlaw image stripping technology. Under a upcoming criminal offence, anyone who provided such tools would "be subject to a prison sentence and significant fines".
"The platform could prevent these forms of misuse if they chose to," said a law professor, adding they "seem to have impunity."
Oversight Body Stance and Tool Functionality
The regulator Ofcom said platforms must "assess the danger" of people viewing illegal content on their services, but did not confirm whether it was presently investigating X or Grok in relation to artificial intelligence pictures.
Grok is a free artificial intelligence—with some additional functions—which answers X users' queries when they reference it in a post.
It is frequently used to give commentary or more background to other posters' comments, but people on X are also capable of edit an posted image through its AI image editing tool.
History of Criticism and Rules
The tool has been faulted for allowing users to generate images and footage with nudity and sexually suggestive content, and it was in the past accused of generating inappropriate material of public figures.
"The platform has been permitting the production and distribution of these pictures for months without taking any measures and we have not seen any action by oversight bodies," the expert added.
XAI's own usage rules prohibits "portraying likenesses of people in a sexually explicit fashion".
In a statement, Ofcom said it was against the law to "generate or distribute private pictures or child sexual abuse material" and clarified this applied to explicit AI images generated with AI.
It said services such as X were required to take "suitable actions" to "reduce the danger" of users viewing illegal content on their platforms and to delete it promptly when they become aware of it.
