US EditionStarmer: 'X Has to Get a Grip' on Explicit AI Images Generated by Grok
Elon Musk’s xAI raised $20 billion amid scrutiny of Grok chatbot for generating non-consensual sexualized and explicit images, including minors, raising legal concerns in Europe and UK.
- On January 8, 2026, European Union regulators and Ofcom, UK media and tech regulator, opened probes into xAI's Grok for allowing suggestive and explicit images of minors and assessing compliance with UK duties.
- Facing fierce AI competition, xAI closed a $20 billion funding round after surpassing its $15 billion original target and is valued at $230 billion.
- Ashley St. Clair recounted that she became a victim of Grok’s `undressing` spree with images showing her nearly nude and said other women contacted her as she considers legal action.
- Ofcom announced it would assess X and xAI's compliance amid serious concerns, while the UK government called the images a `disgrace`, and Elon Musk pledged consequences for illegal content users.
- Other governments have signaled interest as India and Malaysia monitor the issue, while the European Commission probes AI misinformation on TikTok at Poland's request, potentially strengthening Europe's AI rules.
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Starmer: 'X has to get a grip' on explicit AI images generated by Grok
X and xAI - which produces Grok - are both owned by tech billionaire Elon Musk, and have been under fire for a number of days after a new feature led to users seeing AI-generated sexualised images of themselves on the social media platform.
Elon Musk’s Grok must stop making porn
Grok, X’s AI chatbot, has been digitally stripping women in response to prompts from users. Images of naked, non-consenting women had been circulating with impunity on the platform for weeks, until Grok was asked to generate images of the Princess of Wales in a bikini, which it duly did. Finally, the UK regulator Ofcom announced it had made “urgent contact” with Elon Musk’s company xAI. Why did we have to wait for such a high-profile woman to be…
Grok gets into the controversy. While artificial intelligence created by Elon Musk is accused of denuding thousands of women without their consent, Grok Imagine would even have been used to create sexualized images of underage girls aged 11-13."We can confirm that our analysts have discovered criminal images of children aged 11-13 who seem to have been created using this tool," confirmed the Guardian Ngaire Alexander, head of the Internet Watch …
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, has been flooded with sexual images, mainly of women, many of them real.
Elon Musk's social network X is under pressure in Europe because of the spread of fake nude videos.
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